1st Edition

Analyzing Language in Restricted Domains Sublanguage Description and Processing

Edited By Ralph Grishman, Richard Kittredge Copyright 1986
    264 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    First published in 1986. For most of the authors represented in this collection, the term 'Sublanguage' suggests a subsystem of language that behaves essentially like the whole language, while being limited in reference to a specific subject domain. Argued throughout this title, even if sublanguage grammars can be related to the grammar of the full standard language, sublanguages behave in many ways like autonomous systems. This volume will illustrate that, as such, they take on theoretical interest as microcosms of the whole language. The papers collected in this volume were presented at the Workshop on Sublanguage, held at New York University on January 19-20, 1984.

    Chapter 1 Sublanguage: Linguistic Phenomenon, Computational Tool, Naomi Sager; Chapter 2 Sublanguage Analysis, JohnLehrberger; Chapter 3 The Status of Telegraphic Sublanguages, EileenFitzpatrick, JoanBachenko, DonHindle; Chapter 4 Sublanguage and Knowledge, Jerry R.Hobbs; Chapter 5 The Use of Machine-Readable Dictionaries in Sublanguage Analysis, Donald E.Walker, Robert A.Amsler; Chapter 6 Automatic Structuring of Sublanguage Information, CarolFriedman; Chapter 7 General Semantic Patterns in Different Sublanguages, Elaine Marsh; Chapter 8 A Sublanguage for Reporting and Analysis of Space Events, Christine A. Montgomery, Bonnie C. Glover; Chapter 9 Constraining the Interpretation of Nominal Compounds in a Limited Context, Timothy W. Finin; Chapter 10 The Role of Syntax in the Sublanguage of Medical Diagnostic Statements, George Dunham; Chapter 11 How One Might Automatically Identify and Adapt to a Sublanguage: An Initial Exploration, Jonathan Slocum; Chapter 12 Discovering Sublanguage Structures, Lynette Hirschman;

    Biography

    Ralph Grishman, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Richard Kittredge, Departement de Linguistique, University of Montreal

    "This book consists of a series of twelve detailed articles that discuss just about everything you might want to know about the linguistics of sublanguages...While studying any subject you are really learning to read and communicate in its specific sublanguage. This book covers the subject very well."
    Artificial Intelligence Group