[Corpora-List] Is a complete grammar possible (beyond thecorpus itself)?

[Clai Rice]

Mike, I'm familiar with the phrase "klatu verata nikto" but not with its use
in this context. Do you have a reference or is this an informal name? 

Thanks,
Clai Rice

<snip> 
> If the grammar under-generates, at least (1) and (2) could be 
> explanations (for (2), the explanation might be that the 
> constraint is wrong, or just a weak constraint).  It may also 
> be a lexical problem, e.g. a word missing from the lexicon 
> (the "klatu verata nikto" problem).
> 
> In sum, there are, it seems to me, good reasons not to give 
> up on the formal grammar approach.
> 
>    Mike Maxwell
>    CASL/ U MD
> 
> 
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