Abstract:

Instructional parsers will figure prominently in future computer-assisted language learning. Most contemporary computational linguistics research is being conducted in Lisp. A knowledge of Lisp parsing should therefore help prepare serious language teachers for future CALL. Despite Lisp's manifest suitability to natural language processing, most introductions neglect this aspect of Lisp. This paper tries to redress some of that neglect by introducing Lisp in the context of an introductory English parser.

Author: Donald Loritz