Charley: a linguistic formalism applied to writing environment design

Abstract

Abstract A context-sensitive grammar of English is being developed into an object-oriented programming language, which will in turn be used to implement the goal of the Pharos project: an interactive writing environment for designing social research questionnaires. The paper consists of a series of questions and answers in three sections: introduction to the grammar, its relevance to writers and its relevance to the Pharos project.