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1990
Conference Paper
Title
Aspects of a functional grammar for machine translation
Abstract
This paper discusses aspects of a functional grammar for Machine Translation (MT). We present a restricted approach to some central issues of "diathesis/ alternations"
of predicate-argument structures on a level of "Interface Structure" (IS) for multi-lingual machine translation. The approach generalizes a set of morphosyntactic phenomena into a set of "diathesis" features with specified interactions with other features at IS. The aim of conforming with the overriding goal of simple transfer is discussed. We suggest extensions to the restricted approach to make it more compatible with ongoing work in knowledge-based MT and in text generation.
of predicate-argument structures on a level of "Interface Structure" (IS) for multi-lingual machine translation. The approach generalizes a set of morphosyntactic phenomena into a set of "diathesis" features with specified interactions with other features at IS. The aim of conforming with the overriding goal of simple transfer is discussed. We suggest extensions to the restricted approach to make it more compatible with ongoing work in knowledge-based MT and in text generation.