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Subject:Re: Diagramming Sentences From:Mary McWilliams Johnson <mary -at- SUPERCONNECT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:46:57 -0600
Tell us where we can find info on Chomsky's method of parsing sentence
structure. My generation wasn't exposed to Chomsky. But I did love
diagramming sentences.
Cordially, Mary McWilliams Johnson
McJohnson Communications
Documentation / Web Site Design, Development and Graphics
www.superconnect.com
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At 12:21 PM 12/7/98 -0600, Michael Gos wrote:
>Actually, I believe diagramming sentences has gone the way of the dinosaur,
>not so much because it was unpleasant, but rather, because the sentence
>trees used in Chomsky's Generative Grammar are so much more useful. The
>allow us to remove all structural ambiguity and always terminate in the
>completed sentences.
>
>Because they "parse" the sentence in a useful way, they are the choice of
>most people who need this type of tool (those working in Natural Language
>Processing environments, for example). From what I can tell, my students
>love doing it. I never met a student who claimed to love diagramming.
>Dr. Michael W. Gos
>Department of English and Communications
>Lee College
>Baytown, Texas 77522
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