LIBRARY@SU-SCORE.ARPA (07/01/83)
From: C.S./Math Library <LIBRARY@SU-SCORE.ARPA>
[Reprinted from the SU-SCORE BBoard.]
Computers and Mathematics with Applications volume 9 number 1 1983 is
a special issue on comutational linguistics. This issue is currently
on the new journals shelf. HLWELD%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (03/19/84)
From: "Daniel S. Weld" <WELD%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
[Forwarded from the MIT bboard by SASW@MIT-MC.]
Wednesday, March 21 4:00pm 8th floor playroom
De-mystifying Modern Grammatical Theory and Artificial Intelligence
Robert Berwick
It has frequently been suggested that modern linguistic theory is
irreconcilably at odds with a ``computational'' view of human
linguistic abilities. In fact, linguistic theory provides a rich
source of constraints for the computationalist. In this talk I will
outline some of the key changes in grammatical theory from the mid 60's to
the present day that support this claim, and at the same time try to
dispel a number of myths:
Myth: Modern grammars are made up of large numbers of rules that
one cannot ``implement.''
Myth: Modern grammars are not relevant to computational models
of language processing.
Myth: Knowledge that you can order hamburgers in restaurants
aids *on-line* syntactic processing.