Remarks on some aspects of language structure and their relevance to pattern analysis

Some specific aspects of language structure are examined in detail in the context of pattern analysis. In particular, a transformational grammar is constructed for a class of patterns, following the linguistic formulation very closely, by taking a simple example and working it out in detail. Many of the characteristics of the transformational grammars of linguists show up even in this simple example. The need for looking for grammars of different styles and the problem of making meaningful assignment of probabilities to sentences in the context of transformational grammars have also been briefly discussed.