Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0059195

Zusammenfassung

Most work in computational linguistics (CL) is based on the word hypothesis (WH), which states that words are the fundamental building blocks of language. The project rejects the WH and instead puts forward the multilevel hypothesis: the fundamental units of language include units both at finer granularity (e.g., syllables) and larger granularity (e.g., phrases) than words. These levels are equally important. The word level is not fundamental and other granularities are not derived from it. The first step in automatic and human processing of language is external-internal linking: pie...