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Bennett, Paul. 1993. The interaction of syntax and morphology in machine translation. In Eynde, Frank Van, ed. Linguistic issues in Machine Translation (Communication in Artificial Intelligence). London: Pinter. pp. 72–104.
Publication type
Chapter in book
Publication language
English
Abstract
This paper sets out to explore the possibility of translating subparts of words along the same compositional lines as the constituents of sentences. Given the fact that words sometimes have to be translated as syntactic constructs and vice versa, the examination of compositional translation cannot be confined to syntax, but must consider word structure as well, especially in the case of compounds. A subsidiary aim of the paper is to assess a number of proposals in theoretical morphology with respect to their usefulness for machine translation. Special attention is paid to the so-called Lexicalist Hypothesis.
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