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<Paper uid="C92-4171">
  <Title>I)YNAMICS, DEPENI)ENCY GRAMMAR AND INCREMENTAL INTERPRETATION*</Title>
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Abstract
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The paper describes two equiwtlent grammatical formalisnLs. The first is a lexicalised version of depen dency grammar, and this can be nsed to provide tree-structured analyses of sentences (though somewhat tlatter than those usually provided by phra.se structure grammars). The second is a new forrnal ism, 'Dynamic Dependency Gramniar', which uses axioms and deduction rules to provide analyses of sentences in terms of transitioos between states.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> A reformulation of dependency grammar usiug state transitions is of interest on several grounds.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> Firstly, it can be used to show that incremental interpretation is possible without requiring notions of overlapping, or flexible constituency (as ill some versions of categorial grammar), and without destroy ing a trasmparent link between syntax and semantics. Secondly, the reformulation provides a level of description which can act as an intermediate stage between the original grammar and a parsing algorithm. Thirdly, it is possible to extend the relbrnm lated grammars with further axioii~s and deduction rules to provide coverage of syntactic constructions such as coortlination which are tlitficult to encode lexically.</Paragraph>
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