On Parsing Preferences

Summary

It is argued that syntactic preference principles such as Right Association and Minimal Attachment are unsatisfactory as usually formulated and a possible approach to a solution is sketched.

Keywords

Parsing, Counterexample, Preference, Syntax, Discounting

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Are Structural Principles Useful for Automatic DisambiguationAlexandra Kinyon — 2000
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