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Eliminating Ditransitives

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Formal Grammar (FG 2010, FG 2011)

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We discuss how higher arity verbs such as give or promise can be treated in an algebraic framework that admits only unary and binary relations and does not rely on event variables.

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  1. Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, USA

    András Kornai

  2. Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

    András Kornai

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  1. INRIA Nancy - Grand Est, 615 rue du Jardin Botanique, 54600, Villers-ls-Nancy, France

    Philippe de Groote

  2. School of Computer Science, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9SX, Fife, Scotland

    Mark-Jan Nederhof

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Kornai, A. (2012). Eliminating Ditransitives. In: de Groote, P., Nederhof, MJ. (eds) Formal Grammar. FG FG 2010 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7395. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32024-8_16

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