A Computational Analysis of Complex Noun Phrases in Navy Messages

Abstract

Methods of text compression in Navy messages are not limited to sentence fragments and the omissions of function words such as the copula be. Text compression is also exhibited within "grammatical" sentences and is identified within noun phrases in Navy messages. Mechanisms of text compression include increased frequency of complex noun sequences and also increased usage of nominalizations. Semantic relationships among elements of a complex noun sequence can be used to derive a correct bracketing of syntactic constructions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA594325

Entities

People

  • Elaine Marsh

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Couplers
  • Antennas
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Compression
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Construction
  • Frequency
  • Fuze Setters
  • Grammars
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Military Research
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Languages
  • New York
  • Sequences
  • Standards

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Military Engineering.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.