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Syntactic selection in linguistic realization: A comparative study

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Aspects of Automated Natural Language Generation (IWNLG 1992)

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This paper clarifies the differences between structural and functional grammar theories from the viewpoint of syntactic selection in linguistic realization. Structural theories such as Context Free Grammar and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar are based on immediate dominance and linear precedence while functional theories such as Systemic Functional Grammar are based on functions and linear precedence. To bridge the gap between two theories, we need to develop a structural theory which permits any kinds of immediate dominance, or which can specify a particular node to construct a grammatical structure.

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  1. Human Communication Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, 2 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LW, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Ishizaki Masato

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R. Dale E. Hovy D. Rösner O. Stock

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Masato, I. (1992). Syntactic selection in linguistic realization: A comparative study. In: Dale, R., Hovy, E., Rösner, D., Stock, O. (eds) Aspects of Automated Natural Language Generation. IWNLG 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 587. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55399-1_8

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