Abstract
Different from other current theories of semantic analysis, Database Semantics is procedural to reconstruct the understanding and production of natural languages as a rule system of turn-taking (hearer and speaker), based on the Left Associative Grammar and the data structure of a word bank. The application of Database Semantics to the automatic analysis of ancient Chinese, especially the LA-hear grammar in the interpretation of the functor-argument structure of ancient Chinese, proves significant and efficient. The flat feature structure of proplets, as stored in the database, is especially convenient for data storage and retrieval. The computational complexity is largely reduced as the time-linear order of natural language communication and the pattern matching through rule operations of Left Associative Grammar are followed.
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This paper benefited from suggestions by Johannes Handl, Carsten Weber, Erlangen, Germany
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Feng, Q., Hausser, R., Wang, R. (2012). DBS Analysis on Functor-Argument Structure of Ancient Chinese. In: Zhu, R., Ma, Y. (eds) Information Engineering and Applications. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 154. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2386-6_11
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