Treating 'free word order' in machine translation
Ralf Steinberger · 1994
In free word order languages, every s('.ni;cn(:(~ is cml)eddcd in its specific contexL The order of consl;ituenLs is d('tcrmincd l)y the categories theme, theme and contrastive J'oc'us.This paper shows [low to recognisc mid to transhti,e these cat;egorles autom;~t;ically on ;~ serH,e.ntialbasis, so that SCilI;ClIC(.' ('ml)edding; can I)c' achieved wit;houL having i;o tel'e,' 1,o l,h(', co,> t;cxt.Tradition,dly neglected moditier ch~sses are fully covered by the proposc'd mc'Lhod.