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A full theory of syntax was used to create the NLP parser developed by Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. and Derek Bickerton, Ph.D. via Ergo Linguistic Technologies. The full theory and the parsing method are described in the following patent, where essentially human syntax was patented. This patent and theory therein contained is available for discussion and review and perhaps free distribution of the software that was developed.

http://www.patents.com/us-5878385.html

A method and apparatus for natural language parsing are described. The invention includes the steps of retrieving an input string, and performing a dictionary look-up for each word in the input string to form a correspondence between each word and a dictionary entry. The dictionary entry provides lexical features of the word. The associating step is performed according to predetermined selection restriction rules. The steps of processing the words and associating a selected word are repeated until all words of the input string have been processed.

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Inventors: Bralich; Phillip A. (Honolulu, HI), Bickerton; Derek (Talent, OR)

Assignee: Ergo Linguistic Technologies (

Appl. No.: 08/715,313

Filed: September 16, 1996

For further information go to http://www.ergolinguistictechnologiess.org

Further discussion of the history and development of theory as well as other issues pertinent to linguists, computational linguists, and FL professionals is available in my new memoir / expose.

Here is the introductory blurb and the press release web address:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9209654.htm

Here is more:

Some of you may remember me. I have written a book detailing my experience with 30 years of meditation and travel which included meetings with the beats and their Buddhist teachers. The book is a memoir / expose of the seedier side of the beats, the hippies, and the new age. It is titled Blaming Japhy Rider: Memoir of a Dharma Bum Who Survived. Included in the appendix is a selection of emails to Buddhist discussion lists with a some of my poetry as well as a hand-written letter from Allen Ginsberg.

Pertinent to linguists is my discussion of studies in linguistics at UWM and UH Manoa, discussions of conferences and presentations and academic politics. Included is a discussion of my dissertation chair, a well-known linguist and how we patented the entirety of Human Grammar and then ran a company based on software developed from that patent called Ergo Linguistic Technologies. I also discuss linguistic politics and the “War on grammar,” a term popularized by David Mulroy of UWM in his book by the same name (a marvelous contribution to the war). I also relate stories of ESL teaching in the Peace Corps West Africa and later in Japan and Hawaii.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9209654.htm