Mechanical Resolution

of

Linguistic Problems

 

ANDREW D. BOOTH, D.SC.

L.BRANDWOOD, B.A.

J.P.CLEAVE, PH.D., B.SC.

 

LONDON

BUTTERWORTHS SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

1958

 

Contents

                                       Page

1. Historical introduction                                                                                          1

2. The Nature of Calculating and Data Processing Machines                 8

3. The Analysis of Content and Structure                                                         33

4. Stylistic Analysis                                                                                                       50

5. General Aspects of Language Translation                                                  66

6. Programming Technique for Mechanical Translation                         76

7. The Mechanical Transcription of Braille                                                     97

8. French                                                                                                                             110

9. German                                                                                                                            125

10. Russian                                                                                                                          287

11. Multi-lingual Translation                                                                                292

12. Technical Details of a Proposed Translating Machine                       296

      Subject Index                                                                                                              303

      Name Index                                                                                                                   305