Open AccessIncreasing grammar coverage through fine-grained lexical distinctions
Author(s) -
Petter Haugereid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bergen language and linguistics studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1892-2449
DOI - 10.15845/bells.v8i1.1334
Subject(s) - head driven phrase structure grammar , grammar , computer science , norwegian , linguistics , lexical grammar , natural language processing , generative grammar , lexical functional grammar , focus (optics) , emergent grammar , artificial intelligence , mildly context sensitive grammar formalism , process (computing) , programming language , operator precedence grammar , philosophy , physics , optics
In this paper, I show how the development of Norsyg, an HPSG-inspired constructionalist grammar of Norwegian, benefits from the highly specific and precise implementation of NorGram, an LFG grammar for Norwegian. I focus on one aspect, NorGram’s fine-grained lexical categories. The aim of the paper is twofold: (i) to give a glimpse of the process of developing a computational grammar, and (ii) to illustrate how a constructionalist grammar benefits from the insights of NorGram, even though the grammatical models differ significantly.