Linguistic transformational analysis
Abstract
The contract was concerned with the feasibility and utility of a 'kernelization' procedure for purposes of information retrieval. The leading section discusses, in general, the problems involved in the kernelization of complex English sentences; this section is the work of J. P. Thorne. The remainder is in the form of appendices. Appendix I contains a detailed report of the kernelization procedure; for this section S. I. Laszlo was largely responsible. Appendix II reports on a series of experiments, undertaken by J. Masters, to determine to what extent 'information' was 'preserved' in kernelized versions of sentences. Appendix III reports on a frequency count of the transformations exhibited by a stretch of running text; this count was undertaken by F. C. Fisher, W. J. Kunz, T. Matsuda and (initially) H. Feider. Finally, Appendix IV contains a list of transformational rules which have actually been written, with reference to significant published (and some unpublished) material. This list was prepared by T. Matsuda.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0608747
Entities
People
- J. Lyons
- J. P. Thorne
Organizations
- Indiana University