Memory-Based Language Processing (Studies in Natural Language Processing) - Hardcover

Daelemans, Walter; Van Den Bosch, Antal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521808901 ISBN 13: 9780521808903

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Memory-based language processing - a machine learning and problem solving method for language technology - is based on the idea that the direct reuse of examples using analogical reasoning is more suited for solving language processing problems than the application of rules extracted from those examples. This book discusses the theory and practice of memory-based language processing, showing its comparative strengths over alternative methods of language modelling. Language is complex, with few generalizations, many sub-regularities and exceptions, and the advantage of memory-based language processing is that it does not abstract away from this valuable low-frequency information. By applying the model to a range of benchmark problems, the authors show that for linguistic areas ranging from phonology to semantics, it produces excellent results. They also describe TiMBL, a software package for memory-based language processing. The first comprehensive overview of the approach, this book will be invaluable for computational linguists, psycholinguists and language engineers.

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About the Authors

Walter Daelemans is Professor of Computational Linguistics and AI in the Department of Linguistics, University of Antwerp.

Antal van den Bosch is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computational Linguistics and AI, Tilburg University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521808901
• ISBN 13: 9780521808903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 198