Pretorius, LMarais, LauretteBerg, A2018-08-222018-08-222017-03Pretorius, L, Marais, L and Berg. A. 2017. A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb. Language Resources and Evaluation, v.15 (1), pp 159-189.1574-020Xhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10579-016-9341-zhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10380Copyright: 2017 Springer. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, kindly consult the publisher's website.The Grammatical Framework (GF) not only offers state of the art grammar-based machine translation support between an increasing number of languages through its so-called Resource Grammar Library, but is also fast becoming a de facto framework for developing multilingual controlled natural languages (CNLs). For a natural language to share maximally in the opportunities that GF-based multilingual CNL support presents, it has to have a GF resource grammar. Tswana, an agglutinating Bantu language, spoken in Southern Africa as one of the eleven official languages of South Africa, does not yet have such a grammar. This article reports on the development of a so-called miniature resource grammar, a first step towards a full resource grammar for Tswana. The focus is on the modelling of the Tswana proper verb as it occurs in simple sentences. The (proper) verb is the morphologically most complex word category in Tswana, and therefore constitutes a notable contribution towards the development of a GF resource grammar for Tswana. The computational model is discussed in some detail, implemented and tested on a systematically constructed treebank.enNatural language processingComputational morpho-syntaxTswana verb structureGrammatical FrameworkGFMultilingualControlled natural languageCNLArticlePretorius, L., Marais, L., & Berg, A. (2017). A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10380Pretorius, L, Laurette Marais, and A Berg "A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10380Pretorius L, Marais L, Berg A. A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10380.TY - Article AU - Pretorius, L AU - Marais, Laurette AU - Berg, A AB - The Grammatical Framework (GF) not only offers state of the art grammar-based machine translation support between an increasing number of languages through its so-called Resource Grammar Library, but is also fast becoming a de facto framework for developing multilingual controlled natural languages (CNLs). For a natural language to share maximally in the opportunities that GF-based multilingual CNL support presents, it has to have a GF resource grammar. Tswana, an agglutinating Bantu language, spoken in Southern Africa as one of the eleven official languages of South Africa, does not yet have such a grammar. This article reports on the development of a so-called miniature resource grammar, a first step towards a full resource grammar for Tswana. The focus is on the modelling of the Tswana proper verb as it occurs in simple sentences. The (proper) verb is the morphologically most complex word category in Tswana, and therefore constitutes a notable contribution towards the development of a GF resource grammar for Tswana. The computational model is discussed in some detail, implemented and tested on a systematically constructed treebank. DA - 2017-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Natural language processing KW - Computational morpho-syntax KW - Tswana verb structure KW - Grammatical Framework KW - GF KW - Multilingual KW - Controlled natural language KW - CNL LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 1574-020X T1 - A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb TI - A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10380 ER -