Report Number: CS-TR-68-95
Institution: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
Title: A formal syntax for transformational grammar
Author: Friedman, Joyce
Author: Doran, Robert W.
Date: March 1968
Abstract: A formal definition of the syntax of a transformational
grammar is given using a modified Backus Naur Form as the
metalanguage. Syntax constraints and interpretation are added
in English. The underlying model is that presented by Chomsky
in "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax." Definitions are given
for the basic concepts of tree, analysis, restriction,
complex symbol, and structural change, as well as for the
major components of a transformational grammar, phrase
structure, lexicon, and transformations. The syntax was
developed as a specification of input formats for the
computer system for transformational grammar described in
[Joyce Friedman, "A Computer System for Transformational
Grammar," Stanford University Computer Science Department
report CS-84, January 1968]. It includes as a subcase a
fairly standard treatment of transformational grammar, but
has been generalized in many respects.
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