(25) A proposed framework of LTB Japanese Grammar and implementing its rules

We have developed a set of morphological grammar rules for Japanese morphological analysis that is based on a new grammar formalism of LTB Japanese Grammar at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies under the auspices of the AITEC. The rules are implemented in JUMAN(1) which runs on UNIX workstaion, and in BREAKFAST(2) which runs on PCs and IBM compatibles running MS-DOS. Great care has been taken in writing the user manuals which explain the implementation -independent framework and implementation-specific rules. From a user's point of view it is useful to users wishing to modify the rules and develop lexicons for their own applications. (1) JUMAN is a Japanese Morphological Analyzer released by Nara Institute of Science and Techology. (2) BREACFAST is a Japanese Morphological Analyzer released by FUJITSU Ltd.