An Ellipsis Detection Method Based on a Clause Parser for Arabic Language

Fllipsis has always been a centre of academic interest, be it in linguistic theory or in computational linguistics. In the present paper, we propose aa ellipsis detection method tbr the Arabic language using the ATN formalism. "llais lbnnalism, which is easy to implement, ullox~ us to construct an etl~cient clause parser to detect ellipses in complex sentence structures. Then, we give a lbnnal characterisation of ellipsis and a detection method based on an ATN grammar Ibr well-lbrmed clauses. Finally, we present some criteria to classify’ complex elliptical sentences in order to elaborate specific resolution algoritluns.