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. HL
WELD%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.