FUDR-based MT, head switching and the lexicon.
Kurt Eberle · 2001
We present an MT-approach which does transfer at the level of flat underspecified discourse representation structures. It allows for natural definitions of notoriously difficult structural divergencies between source and target, like head switching, by exploiting the formal means of semantic scope. The corresponding expressive lexicon formalism allows for a lexically driven, co-descriptive transfer architecture where the items of the lexicon are assigned transfer equivalents which carry the correct constraints about their incorporation into the target structure. This keeps the built-in transfer modules lean and easy to maintain, as they can be restricted to global transfer (and generation) routines which are independent of lexical pecularities (as presented by the treated structural mismatches). As a consequence this enables economic system development and maintenance. 1