Parsing for targeted errors in controlled languages
Matthew F. Hurst · Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 4, Current issues in linguistic theory · 1997
The use of Controlled Languages in technical documentation is becoming a large concern for many organisations. Authoring texts which conform to these specifications is a problematic process. Technological support for the writing process may offer a number of aids, including style, or grammar, checkers. The ability to recognise variations to the prescribed grammar is at the heart of such systems. This paper presents a variation on the chart parsing method which encodes the grammar as finite state automata productions instead of a linear description of constituents. The system allows the grammar writer to define a number of variations to a grammar rule which are represented as transformations to the automata. 1 Introduction The SEATS (Specialised English Author Training System) project aims to create technology capable of supporting the process of writing technical documentation according to the stylistic requirements of a Controlled Language. Central to this support is a style checker ...