The Correct and Efficient Implementation of Appropriateness Specifications for Typed Feature Structures

Abstract

In this paper, we argue that type inferencing incorrectly implements appropriateness specifications for typed feature structures, promote a combination of type resolution and unfilling as a correct and efficient alternative, and consider the expressive limits of this alternative approach. Throughout, we use feature cooccurence restrictions as illustration and linguistic motivation.

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