{"product_id":"excursions-into-syntactic-databases-9789042003330","title":"Excursions into Syntactic Databases","description":"This book is about \u003ci\u003esyntactic databases\u003c\/i\u003e (a.k.a. treebanks), collections of text material in which the syntactic relations have been made visible. It starts off with a general intro-duction to the subject and then continues with three in-depth investigations of more specialized aspects. \u003cbr\u003eIn the introduction, syntactic databases are first placed in the larger context of \u003ci\u003elinguistic databases\u003c\/i\u003e, text collections with a broader linguistic annotation than just a syntactic one. Then some \u003ci\u003eexamples\u003c\/i\u003e of syntactic databases are given, illustrating the range of annotation actually encountered. The introduction is completed with an investigation of \u003ci\u003edatabase management systems\u003c\/i\u003e for syntactic databases.\u003cbr\u003eThe first in-depth investigation concerns the treatment of \u003ci\u003eambiguous structures\u003c\/i\u003e in syntactic analysis trees, focussing on a very efficient representation for such structures and the means to create this representation. Next, \u003ci\u003eclassroom use\u003c\/i\u003e of syntactic databases is examined. A computer program for this purpose, CLUES, is discussed, along with a suggested series of syntax exercises. The final subject is the importance of including \u003ci\u003efunction and attribute information\u003c\/i\u003e in the annotation of texts. The central line of investigation here is a probabilistic parsing experiment in which the use of function and attribute information is the main variable.","brand":"Hans van Halteren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274072142075,"sku":"9789042003330","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b273d5f0-0a2c-47f4-bac2-15fe6acae7fb.jpg?v=1771065653","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/excursions-into-syntactic-databases-9789042003330","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}