Cross-framework Grammar Engineering using Constraint-driven Metagrammars

Denys Duchier (1) , Yannick Parmentier (1) , Simon Petitjean (1)

1 LIFO - Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans

In this paper, we present an abstract constraint-driven formalism for grammar engineering called eXtensible MetaGrammar and show how to extend it to deal with cross-framework grammar engineering. As a case study, we focus on the design of tree-adjoining, lexical-functional, and property grammars (TAG / LFG / PG). A particularly interesting feature of this formalism is that it allows to apply specific constraints on the linguistic structures being described.

Mots clés: computational linguistics; formal grammar; metagrammar; constraint solving

Domaines: Informatique et langage [cs.CL]

Denys Duchier, Yannick Parmentier, Simon Petitjean. Cross-framework Grammar Engineering using Constraint-driven Metagrammars. 6th International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Language Processing (CSLP'11), Sep 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany. pp.32-43. ⟨hal-00614661⟩