TY - BOOK ID - 80815508 TI - Unification grammars AU - Francez, Nissim. AU - Wintner, Shuly PY - 2012 SN - 9781139224628 113922462X 9781139013574 1139013572 9781139221191 1139221191 9781139218108 1139218107 9781107014176 1107014174 1107229766 1280485280 1139222902 9786613580269 1139215019 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Head-driven phrase structure grammar KW - Lexical-functional grammar KW - Unification grammar KW - HPSG (Linguistics) KW - Phrase structure grammar KW - Mathematical linguistics KW - Generative grammar KW - Mathematical models KW - Unification KW - Lexical-functional grammar. KW - Unification grammar. KW - Head-driven phrase structure grammar. KW - Mathematical models. KW - Information Technology KW - Computer Science (Hardware & Networks) KW - Linguistics KW - Philology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80815508 AB - Grammars of natural languages can be expressed as mathematical objects, similar to computer programs. Such a formal presentation of grammars facilitates mathematical reasoning with grammars (and the languages they denote), as well as computational implementation of grammar processors. This book presents one of the most commonly used grammatical formalisms, Unification Grammars, which underlies contemporary linguistic theories such as Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG). The book provides a robust and rigorous exposition of the formalism that is both mathematically well-founded and linguistically motivated. While the material is presented formally, and much of the text is mathematically oriented, a core chapter of the book addresses linguistic applications and the implementation of several linguistic insights in unification grammars. Dozens of examples and numerous exercises (many with solutions) illustrate key points. Graduate students and researchers in both computer science and linguistics will find this book a valuable resource. ER -