2 papers
cmp-lg1995
Ellipsis and Higher-Order Unification
Mary Dalrymple, Stuart M. Shieber, Fernando C. N. Pereira
We present a new method for characterizing the interpretive possibilities generated by elliptical constructions in natural language. Unlike previous analyses, which postulate ambig…
cmp-lg1994
Principles and Implementation of Deductive Parsing
Stuart M. Shieber, Yves Schabes, Fernando C. N. Pereira
We present a system for generating parsers based directly on the metaphor of parsing as deduction. Parsing algorithms can be represented directly as deduction systems, and a single…