Engineering and Computational Motivations

A reversible grammar is also of practical relevance for the design of a natural language system. We will consider the following issues in NLS design in order to motivate the practical concerns of reversibility:

• input/output consistency of the system's language behaviour
• non-redundant knowledge representation
• portability of the system as a whole
• more flexible systems

• Consistency
• Non-redundancy
• Portability and Flexibility