(38) Grammar Writing Support System: LINGUIST

	Machine:     UNIX machine
	Environment: UNIX
	Language:    CESP
	Source Code: 1.5 MB
	Documents:   Manual (English/Japanese)

Overview

An environment for supporting grammar writing.

Configuration

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    Generator: provides functions for creating a parser.
    Accessor:  provides functions for performing sentence analysis and result cheking.
    Debugger:  provides functions for debugging,tracing grammar rules,and correcting errors.

Function

LINGUIST is an interactive Japanese language analysis system on CESP which is available under Unix. The LINGUIST computational tool was designed to assist the development of grammar rules written in DCG. LINGUIST can be used to develop grammar rules written in DCG and to modify them for use in many sort of application systems.

LINGUIST offers many features to make analysis experiments easy and comprehensive. These features include the following:

Minimun key entries. LINGUIST is designed to allow most operations to be performed with a mouse.
Multiple windows. Provides high visibility flow of executions to be viewed by locating all necessary functions in one window.
Powerful utilities. A visual debugger traces grammar rules.
Supplied linguistic knowledge source. Basic grammars that contain grammar rules for Japanese sentence analysis snd dictionaries.

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Grammar Writing Support System: LINGUIST [557K]

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