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Parsing Asymmetries

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Natural Language Processing — NLP 2000 (NLP 2000)

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We extend the Integrated Asymmetry hypothesis in considering the relations between principle-based linguistic models and corresponding parsing models with respect to their account of inverse and covert asymmetries. We present an integrated model of language knowledge and language use relying on the logical definition of asymmetry. Our integrated model keeps the relation between the grammar and the parser maximally simple while it keeps constant the specificity of each system. The integration of asymmetry-based parser in IP systems improves their performance.

This work is supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to the Major Collaborative Research Project on Asymmetries in Natural Languages and their Treatment by the Performance Systems (Grant no. 412-97-0016).

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  1. Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    Anna Maria Di Sciullo

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Di Sciullo, A.M. (2000). Parsing Asymmetries. In: Christodoulakis, D.N. (eds) Natural Language Processing — NLP 2000. NLP 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1835. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45154-4_1

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