Representation of finite utterances and the automatic parsing of texts

Maurice Gross (1)

1 LADL - Laboratoire d'automatique documentaire et linguistique

We describe the use of finite state automata for the description of natural languages. We demonstrate the use of this model of grammar through linguistically varied examples, from time adverbials and sentential determiners to elementary sentences of a lexicon-grammar.

Mots clés: syntaxe; lexique; lexique-grammaire; automate fini; syntax; lexicon-grammar; grammar; finite automaton

Domaines: Linguistique; Traitement du texte et du document

Maurice Gross. Representation of finite utterances and the automatic parsing of texts. Language Research, 1995, 31 (2), pp.291-307. ⟨halshs-00278314⟩