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(a)Language processing is broken down into seven levels of analysis.
For each of the following linguistic examples, state the particular
level of analysis that it relates to.
(i)To determine the different meanings when someone says “Yes
”,“Yes?”and “Yes!” [1mark ]
(ii)To determine the meaning of the ambiguous statement “Fruit
flies like bananas ” by knowing about the objects in the statement.[1
mark ]
(iii)To determine how the words “unable ”and “ability
”relate to the word “able ”. [1mark ]
(iv)To determine how the sentence “I ’ll tell your father
that you have been naughty ” could change the behaviour of a
young child.[1 mark ]
(v)To determine the meaning of the sentence “The dog bit the
boy ”.[1 mark ]
(vi)To determine if the sentence “I ain ’t done nothing
”is grammatically correct. [1mark ]
(vii)To determine the correct response to the question “Can you
tell me the time?” [1mark ]
(b)Define a symbolic system, and explain why a language is a symbolic
system in the context of computational linguistics.[3 marks ]
(c)Grammar is the study of the structure of words,phrases and sentences.
(i)Briefly describe the concept of generative grammar.[2 marks ]
(ii)What is a rewriting system ?[1 mark ]
(iii)Briefly describe two problems with unrestricted rewriting systems.[2
marks ]
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