The paper describes a working analysis and generation program for natural language, which handles paragraph length input. Its core is a system of preferential choice between deep semantic patterns, based on what we call ‘‘semantic density.’’ The system is contrasted: (1) with syntax oriented linguistic approaches, and (2) with theorem proving approaches to the understanding problem
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Wilks, Y. (2007). An Intelligent Analyzer and Understander of English. In: Ahmad, K., Brewster, C., Stevenson, M. (eds) Words and Intelligence I. Text, Speech and Language Technology, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5285-5_4
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