Multiword expressions are a key problem for the development of large-scale, linguistically
sound natural language processing technology. This paper surveys the problem and some …

Semantic representation is receiving growing attention in NLP in the past few years, and
many proposals for semantic schemes (eg, AMR, UCCA, GMB, UDS) have been put forth …

Sequence-to-sequence models have shown strong performance across a broad range of
applications. However, their application to parsing and generating text usingAbstract …

This book presents one of the first attempts at developing a precise, grammatically rooted,
theory of conversation motivated by data from real conversations. The theory has descriptive …

This book began as conversations that took place as the alphabetically prior author was
writing his doctoral dissertation at Stanford University. Geography and complex personal …

1.1 Two Conceptions of Grammar The reader may wonder, why would a college offer
courses on grammar–a topic that is usually thought of as part of junior high school …

Abstract Task 18 at SemEval 2015 defines Broad-Coverage Semantic Dependency Parsing
(SDP) as the problem of recovering sentence-internal predicate–argument relationships for …

Linguistic typology aims to capture structural and semantic variation across the world's
languages. A large-scale typology could provide excellent guidance for multilingual Natural …

In this paper, we show how incorporating into syntax the concept of structural
underspecification and the dynamics of its resolution enables us to characterise the …

This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing
(Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized …