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Widespread but not universal: Improving the typological coverage of the Grammar Matrix

Posted on:2010-01-31Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:University of WashingtonCandidate:Drellishak, ScottFull Text:PDF
GTID:1445390002978510Subject:Language
Abstract/Summary:
The LinGO Grammar Matrix provides a foundation for building grammars of natural languages in HPSG. It includes a web-based questionnaire that allows a linguist to describe a natural language, and then creates a starter grammar for that language based on the answers. In this dissertation, I describe improvements I have made to the typological coverage of this system, including support for core case marking, agreement in person, number, and gender, direct-inverse languages, and a lexicon containing an arbitrarily large number of lexical types, lexical items, and inflectional morphemes.
Keywords/Search Tags:Grammar
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