Systemic Functional Grammar & Natural Language Generation
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 1999
272 pages
978-1-84714-072-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume deals with the computational application of systemic functional grammar (SFG) for natural language generation. In particular, it describes the implementation of a fragment of the grammar of German in the computational framework of KOMET-PENMAN for multilingual generation. The text also presents a specification of explicit well-formedness constraints on syntagmatic structure which are defined in the form of typed feature structures. It thus achieves a model of systemic functional grammar that unites both the strengths of systemics, such as stratification, functional diversification and the orientation to context, and the kind of syntactic generalizations that are typically found in modern, syntagmatically-focused computational grammars.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84714-072-2 (9781847140722)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notational Conventions
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Motivation and goals
- 1.2 Background
- 1.3 Overview: the structure of this book
- 2 Theory and Linguistic Representation: Systemic Functional Linguistics
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Systemic functional linguistics: the theoretical perspective
- 2.3 The realization of theory: linguistic representation
- 2.3.1 The system
- 2.3.2 Stratification
- 2.3.3 Functional diversification: the metafunctions
- 2.3.4 Realization
- 2.3.5 Intermediate summary
- 2.4 The view of grammar in SFL
- 2.4.1 The paradigmatic axis: functional diversification in the grammar
- 2.4.2 The motivation of grammatical categories in the system network
- 2.4.3 The syntagmatic axis and its representation
- realization
- 2.4.4 Summary of Section 2.4
- 2.5 Summary and outlook
- 3 Computational Application: Grammar Models in Natural Language Generation
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Natural language generation
- 3.3 Grammars for natural language generation
- 3.4 A comparison of selected grammar approaches in tactical generation
- 3.4.1 SFL in generation: PENMAN
- 3.4.2 MTT in generation: Gossip
- 3.4.3 FUG in generation: COMET
- 3.4.4 TAG in generation: MUMBLE-86/SPOKESMAN
- 3.5 Summary: A critical appraisal of SFG for natural language generation
- 3.6 Outlook
- 4 Description: A Systemic Functional Grammar of German for Natural Language Generation
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 A fragment of a computational systemic functional grammar of German
- 4.2.1 Rank and ranking
- 4.2.2 Problems with rank
- 4.2.3 The clause: description
- 4.2.4 Clause rank: classification of problems
- 4.2.5 The nominal group: description
- 4.2.6 NG rank: classification of problems
- 4.2.7 The adjectival group
- 4.2.8 The adverbial group
- 4.2.9 The prepositional phrase: description
- 4.2.10 PP rank: classification of problems
- 4.3 Summary and outlook
- 5 Computational Representation: A Proposal for Dependency in Systemic Functional Grammar
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.1.1 The problems: towards a solution
- 5.1.2 Overview of Chapter 5
- 5.2 Features for grammatical representation
- 5.2.1 From features to feature structures and typed feature structures
- 5.2.2 The 'meaning' of features: feature motivation in SFG and HPSG
- 5.2.3 The 'syntax' of features: system networks and (typed) feature structures
- 5.2.4 Some desiderata for SFG
- 5.3 The notion of dependency in grammar theory
- 5.3.1 Dependency versus constituency or dependency and constituency?
- 5.3.2 Hudson's ANTG revisited: heads and features
- 5.3.3 Towards a notion of dependency for SFG
- 5.4 A proposal for a dependency systemic functional grammar
- 5.4.1 A fragment of SFG as typed feature structures
- 5.4.2 From preselection to designated type constraints
- 5.4.3 Results/examples
- 5.4.4 Summary and conclusions
- 5.5 Summary
- 6 Summary and Conclusions
- 6.1 The theme of this book
- 6.2 The train of thought in this book
- 6.3 HPSG and SFG revisited
- 6.4 Conclusions
- 6.5 Envoi
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
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