Partial WordOrder Representation ofVrdu Sentence inLexical Functional Grammar
Riaz A. Memon · 2005
Natural languages withfree wordorder contain sentences withpartial constituent ordering. Urduisanexample offree word order language. Computational treatment ofUrdusentence requires asuitable formalism that should becapable enough to represent thesyntax andexpressive enough todescribe thefree wordorder. Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG)doesnotonly represent thesyntax butalso haveexpressive powerofdescribing free constituent ordering ofasentence. LFGhandles syntax representation withfree wordorder ofUrdusentence inaquite reasonable way.Inthis paper LFGrepresentation ofdifferent Urdulanguage sentences withpartial wordorder isdiscussed withexamples inLFGGrammar Writer's Workbench (GWB)for Linux.