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This paper reports further progress into a computational implementation of a new formalism for construction grammar, known as Fluid Construction Grammar (FCG). We focus in particular on how hierarchy can be implemented. The paper analyses the requirements for a proper treatment of hierarchy in emergent grammar and then proposes a particular solution based on a new operator, called the J-operator. The J-operator constructs a new unit as a side effect of the matching process.
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De Beule, J., Steels, L. (2005). Hierarchy in Fluid Construction Grammars. In: Furbach, U. (eds) KI 2005: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. KI 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3698. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11551263_1
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