6. A syntactic analyzer for recognizing a series of words as one of a set of syntactically allowable sequences of prescribed words comprising means for storing a set of first signals each including an initial state code, a terminal state code and a prescribed word code linking said initial and terminal state codes, which signals define a set of predetermined syntactically allowable sequences, each sequence corresponding to a selected plurality of state connected prescribed words ending in a final state; means for generating a signal identifying the word positions of said series; means for storing a set of signals representative of the final states of said sequences addressed by said identified word positions; means for generating a set of second signals representative of the similarity between each identified position word and said prescribed words; means responsive to said word position identifying signal for assigning a time interval to each word position of said series; means operative in each word position interval for producing a third signal representative of the word position cumulative similarity of each syntactically allowable sequence to said word series including means responsive to each sequence first signal for selecting the word position second signal associated with said sequence first signal prescribed word code, and means for combining the sequence selected word position second signal and the sequence selected second signals of the preceding word positions; means operative upon termination of the last word position of said series responsive to the last word position stored final state signals for selecting the sequences in their final states in said series last word position; and means responsive to said last word position third signals for identifying the selected syntactically allowable sequence having the closest cumulative similarity to said word series.
6. A syntactic analyzer for recognizing a series of words as one of a set of syntactically allowable sequences of prescribed words comprising means for storing a set of first signals each including an initial state code, a terminal state code and a prescribed word code linking said initial and terminal state codes, which signals define a set of predetermined syntactically allowable sequences, each sequence corresponding to a selected plurality of state connected prescribed words ending in a final state; means for generating a signal identifying the word positions of said series; means for storing a set of signals representative of the final states of said sequences addressed by said identified word positions; means for generating a set of second signals representative of the similarity between each identified position word and said prescribed words; means responsive to said word position identifying signal for assigning a time interval to each word position of said series; means operative in each word position interval for producing a third signal representative of the word position cumulative similarity of each syntactically allowable sequence to said word series including means responsive to each sequence first signal for selecting the word position second signal associated with said sequence first signal prescribed word code, and means for combining the sequence selected word position second signal and the sequence selected second signals of the preceding word positions; means operative upon termination of the last word position of said series responsive to the last word position stored final state signals for selecting the sequences in their final states in said series last word position; and means responsive to said last word position third signals for identifying the selected syntactically allowable sequence having the closest cumulative similarity to said word series. 7. A syntactic analyzer for recognizing a series of words as one of a set of syntactically allowable sequences of prescribed words according to claim 6 wherein said combining means comprises means for adding the sequence word position selected second signal and the preceding word position third signal for said sequence to produce the word position third signal for said sequence.