Pragmatics in Machine Translation

TEXAN is a sysLem of bransfer, .or iented t ex t ana lys is . I ts l i n g u i s t i c concept is based on a communicative appY'oacll w i th in the framework of speech act theory. In th is view tex ts are considered to be the resu l t of l i n g u i s t i c act ions° I t is assumed tha t they contro l the se lect ion of t r a n s l a t i o n equ iva lents . The t ransi t i o n of th i s concept of l i n g u i s t i c act ions ( t ex t acts) to the model of computer analys is is performed by a con tex t f ree i l l o c u t i o n grammar processing categor ies of act ions and a p ropos i t iona l s t ructure of states of a f f a i r s . The grammar whicll is re la ted to a t ex t lex icon provides the connection of these categor ies and the l i n g u i s t i c surface un i ts of a s ing le language.