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1、AGoal-DirectedFunctionally-BasedStylisticAnalyzerPatHoytSeptember23,1993AbstractIfsophisticatednaturallanguagesystemsaretohandlethefullrangeofcommunication,thentheymustbeabletoaccountforthenuancesandsubtletiesoflinguisticstyle.Acomputa-tionaltreatmento
2、fstylewouldbehighlyadvantageoustonaturallanguageunderstandingandgeneration,withparticularrelevancetointelligentcomputer-assistedlanguageinstruc-tionandmachinetranslation.Thesesystemswouldbeabletounderstandmorecomplexandexpressivelanguage,producetextsui
3、tableforaspecicoccasion,helpasecond-languagelearnerdevelopamorenaturalandappropriatestyle,andproducehigherqualitytranslationsoftext.AfoundationforAI-basedcomputationalstylehasbeenlaidbyDiMarco,withextensionsbyGreen,Makuta-Giluk,Mah,andPayetteingenerat
4、ion,rhetoric,comparativestylistics,andintelligentcomputer-aidedlanguageinstruction,respectively.TheseresearchersfoundthatDiMarco'swork,whileanimportantstepincomputationalstylistics,waslimitedduetothelackofatheoreticalfoundation.DiMarcoandHirstprovideda
5、preliminarytheoreticalfoundationandGreenextendedtheirwork.Thisthesisuniesthesecomplementary,andsometimescontradictory,theoriesofsyntacticstyle.Adenitivegrammarofstyle,basedonthisrevisedtheory,isdevelopedandusedtoimplementastylisticanalyzer,Asset.Ther
6、evisedtheoryofsyntacticstyleanditsimplementationshowthathuman-independentcomputeranalysisofstyleisafeasiblegoalforcomputationallinguistics.AcknowledgementsTherearemanypeoplewho,duringthetimeIwasworkingonthisthesis,madethetaskeasier.Theyeitherdistracted
7、me,expressedtheirfaithinme,wentoutoftheirwaytobehelpful,orgavemetheirsupport.Iamgratefultoall.Therearefourpeople,however,whomIwanttopubliclyacknowledge.First,manythankstomysupervisor,ChrysanneDiMarco.Herunfailingfaithinmyability,herencouragementwhenIne
8、ededit,andhergenerosityletmebelievethatIcouldgetthisthesisdone.DevinandLogan,justbybeingthere,wereaconstantreminderthattherewasmoretolifethanwritingathesis.Asaresult,thereweremanytimesIreturned,refreshed,tothetaskofwriting.Andnallyther