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Erschienen in: Journal of Logic, Language and Information 5/2023

11.11.2023

A Computational Algebraic Analysis of Hindi Syntax

verfasst von: Alok Debanth, Manish Shrivastava

Erschienen in: Journal of Logic, Language and Information | Ausgabe 5/2023

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a computational algebraic representation of Hindi syntax. This paper is the first attempt to establish the representation of various facets of Hindi syntax into algebra, including dual nominative/ergative behavior, a syntacto-semantic case system and complex agreement rules between the noun and verb phrase. Using the pregroup analysis framework, we show how we represent morphological type reduction for morphological behavior of lexical markers, the representation of causative constructions which are morphologically affixed, as well as of light verb constructions which form the verb by joint predication. We present examples adapted from the Hindi Dependency Treebank to show the pregroup analysis of Hindi sentences.

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As a concept, this has been compared to valencies (Lambek, 2006).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
A Computational Algebraic Analysis of Hindi Syntax
verfasst von
Alok Debanth
Manish Shrivastava
Publikationsdatum
11.11.2023
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Logic, Language and Information / Ausgabe 5/2023
Print ISSN: 0925-8531
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9583
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10849-023-09404-2

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