A New Parsing Algorithm for Combinatory Categorial Grammar
Author(s) -
Marco Kuhlmann,
Giorgio Satta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transactions of the association for computational linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2307-387X
DOI - 10.1162/tacl_a_00192
Subject(s) - combinatory categorial grammar , computer science , parsing , categorial grammar , decomposition , algorithm , grammar , polynomial , programming language , theoretical computer science , link grammar , artificial intelligence , generative grammar , mildly context sensitive grammar formalism , mathematics , linguistics , phrase structure rules , attribute grammar , ecology , mathematical analysis , philosophy , biology
We present a polynomial-time parsing algorithm for CCG, based on a new decomposition of derivations into small, shareable parts. Our algorithm has the same asymptotic complexity, O(n6), as a previous algorithm by Vijay-Shanker and Weir (1993), but is easier to understand, implement, and prove correct.
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