Morphology and Syntax of the Tamil Language
This provides a foundational resource for linguists and developers working on Tamil language analysis and computational tools.
The paper tackles the problem of analyzing Tamil language morphology and syntax for contemporary usage, resulting in a rule-based morphological analyzer and generator and a computational grammar that have been developed based on this work.
This paper provides an overview of the morphology and syntax of the Tamil language, focusing on its contemporary usage. The paper also highlights the complexity and richness of Tamil in terms of its morphological and syntactic features, which will be useful for linguists analysing the language and conducting comparative studies. In addition, the paper will be useful for those developing computational resources for the Tamil language. It is proven as a rule-based morphological analyser cum generator and a computational grammar for Tamil have already been developed based on this paper. To enhance accessibility for a broader audience, the analysis is conducted without relying on any specific grammatical formalism.