Generating with a Grammar Based on Tree Descriptions: a Constraint-Based Approach

While the generative view of language processing builds bigger units out of smaller ones by means of rewriting steps, the axiomatic view eliminates invalid linguistic structures out of a set of possible structures by means of wellformedness principles. We present a generator based on the axiomatic view and argue that when combined with a TAG-like grammar and a flat semantics, this axiomatic view permits avoiding drawbacks known to hold either of top-down or of bottom-up generators.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Claire Gardent, Stefan Thater
• Keywords: ACL 2001, ACL 2007, Axiomatic View, Generative View, Invalid Linguistic Structures