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A Lexicalized Tree Adjoining Grammar for French and its Relevance to Language Teaching

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Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Foreign Language Learning

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 80))

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We present a computational grammar for French written in the formalism of lexicalized Tree Adjoining Grammars. This can be viewed as a data-base consisting of both a sizable lexicon (3000 words) and the corresponding syntactic structures. A parser has also been designed which is currently being used for analysing and disambiguating a large range of French sentences provided by the user. A similar lexical grammar has been designed for English with approximately the same linguistic coverage. We are currently working on a transfer system that matches the corresponding entries in both languages. Although we do not present any proper educational tool, we aim at exploring the possible uses of our system for teaching French to English speaking students.

The work presented here partially results from a collaboration between the University of Jussieu-Paris 7 and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

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  1. LADL & UFRL, University of Jussieu-Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France

    Anne Abeillé

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  1. Advanced Technology, Vitro Corporation, Building 4, Room 1417H, 14000 Georgia Avenue, 20906-2972, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Merryanna L. Swartz

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, EX4 4PT, Exeter, UK

    Masoud Yazdani

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Abeillé, A. (1992). A Lexicalized Tree Adjoining Grammar for French and its Relevance to Language Teaching. In: Swartz, M.L., Yazdani, M. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Foreign Language Learning. NATO ASI Series, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77202-3_6

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