SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONS SHOWING A WAY
Haruyuki Fujii, Yoshitsugu Aoki · Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) · 2001
One of the objectives of this study is to find the characteristic features of natural language instructions showing a route from a start point to a certain point. The other objective is to find the cognitive structure of human that enable the sender to accurately communicate information intended to be conveyed to show a right way to the receiver. Syntactic analysis is employed to fulfill the objectives on the basis of the assumption that the syntactic structure of language has a strong relation to the cognitive structure. A syntactic structure behind the guidance is shown as well.