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Representing Information Structure in a Formal Grammar of Danish

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This paper presents a proposal for the integration of information structure in a unification-based grammar of Danish. Three information structure features – topic, focus and background – are defined, and it is shown how they are instantiated in a number of different grammatical constructions. Prosodic, syntactic and information structure constraints characterising the various constructions are represented as typed feature structures following Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), and the constructions themselves are ordered in a type hierarchy. The proposed approach modifies and extends earlier HPSG-based accounts by i. defining a new interface between information structure and semantics, and ii. integrating information structure as a dimension of phrasal and clausal grammar constructions.

This work has been funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.

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  1. Center for Sprogteknologi, University of Copenhagen, Japan

    Patrizia Paggio

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  1. ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1, Mihogaoka, 567-0047, Osaka, Ibaraki, Japan

    Takashi Washio

  2. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

    Akito Sakurai

  3. Dept. of Information Media, Tokyo Denki University, room 1009, 10th floor, building 11, 2-2, Kandanishikicho, Chiyodaku, 101-8457, Tokyo, Japan

    Katsuto Nakajima

  4. National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Chiyoda-ku, 101-8430, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideaki Takeda

  5. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan

    Satoshi Tojo

  6. Department of ISEE, Kyushu University, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

    Makoto Yokoo

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Paggio, P. (2006). Representing Information Structure in a Formal Grammar of Danish. In: Washio, T., Sakurai, A., Nakajima, K., Takeda, H., Tojo, S., Yokoo, M. (eds) New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. JSAI 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11780496_11

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