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Logic Grammars

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Harvey Abramson

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, England

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  2. Veronica Dahl

    1. Department of Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

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Part of the book series: Symbolic Computation (SYMBOLIC)

Part of the book sub series: Artificial Intelligence (1064)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction and Historic Overview

    1. Introduction and Historic Overview

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 1-4

  3. Grammars for Formal Languages and Linguistics Research

    1. What Are Logic Grammars?

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 5-15

    2. Relation of Logic Grammars to Prolog

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 17-22

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 23-23
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  5. Getting Started: How to Write a Simple Logic Grammar

    1. Step-by-Step Development of a Natural Language Analyser

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 25-41

    2. Choosing Internal Representations for Natural Language

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 43-59

    3. Developing a Logic Grammar for a Formal Application

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 61-74

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 75-76
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  7. Different Types of Logic Grammars — What Each Is Useful For

    1. Basic Types of Logic Grammars

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 77-83

    2. Building Structure

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 85-90

    3. Modifier Structure Grammars

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 91-94

    4. Definite Clause Translation Grammars and their Applications

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 95-142

    5. Further Expressive Power—Discontinuous Grammars

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 143-159

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 161-163
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  9. Other Applications

    1. Other Formalisms

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 165-169

    2. Bottom Up Parsing

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 171-175

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 177-177
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  11. Logic Grammars and Concurrency

    1. Parsing with Commitment

      • Harvey Abramson, Veronica Dahl
      Pages 179-193

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 195-195
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About this book

Logic grammars have found wide application both in natural language processing and in formal applications such as compiler writing. This book introduces the main concepts involving natural and formal language processing in logic programming, and discusses typical problems which the reader may encounter, proposing various methods for solving them. The basic material is presented in depth; advanced material, involving new logic grammar formalisms and applications, is presented with a view towards breadth. Major sections of the book include: grammars for formal language and linguistic research, writing a simple logic grammar, different types of logic grammars, applications, and logic grammars and concurrency. This book is intended for those interested in logic programming, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, Fifth Generation computing, formal languages and compiling techniques. It may be read profitably by upper-level undergraduates, post-graduate students, and active researchers on the above-named areas. Some familiarity with Prolog and logic programming would be helpful; the authors, however, briefly describe Prolog and its relation to logic grammars. After reading Logic Grammars, the reader will be able to cope with the ever-increasing literature of this new and exciting field.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, England

    Harvey Abramson

  • Department of Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

    Veronica Dahl

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