Accession Number:

AD0275465

Title:

A PROBABILISTIC METHOD FOR PHRASE DETERMINATION

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

LOCKHEED MISSILES AND SPACE CO SUNNYVALE CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• GAMMON,EDWARD

Report Date:

1962-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The model is stochastic but does not require any Markov assumption, although an implication of that approach is discussed. It is assumed only that a sequence of parts of speech of the words of a large sample text or corpus is the realization of some stationary stochastic process. Under this assumption, with the system of parts of speech suitably defined, it is shown that phrase and sentence boundaries tend to occur where prediction of future grammatical forms, given immediate forms, is most difficult. Author

Descriptors:

• *INFORMATION THEORY
• *LANGUAGE
• *PROBABILITY
• *SEQUENCES(MATHEMATICS)
• *SPEECH
• *STATISTICAL PROCESSES
• *TABLES(DATA)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE