Valency theory in a stratificational MT-system
Paul Joseph Schmidt · 1986
This paper tries to investigate valency theory as a linguistic tool in machine translation. There are three main areas in which major questions arise:(1) Valency theory itself. I sketch a valency theory in linguistic terms which includes the discussion of the nature of dependency representation as an interface for semantic description.(2) The dependency representation in the translation process. I try to sketch the different roles of dependency representation in analysis and generation.(3) The implementation of valency theory in an MT-system. I give a few examples for how a valency description could be implemented in the EUROTRA-formalism.