The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing (Paperback or Softback)

Clark, Alexander

ISBN 10: 1118347188 / ISBN 13: 9781118347188

Published by Wiley-Blackwell 10/4/2012, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell 10/4/2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118347188
• ISBN 13: 9781118347188
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

This comprehensive reference work provides an overview of the concepts, methodologies, and applications in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP).

• Features contributions by the top researchers in the field, reflecting the work that is driving the discipline forward
• Includes an introduction to the major theoretical issues in these fields, as well as the central engineering applications that the work has produced
• Presents the major developments in an accessible way, explaining the close connection between scientific understanding of the computational properties of natural language and the creation of effective language technologies
• Serves as an invaluable state-of-the-art reference source for computational linguists and software engineers developing NLP applications in industrial research and development labs of software companies

About the Author

Alexander Clark is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the co-author, with Shalom Lappin, of Linguistic Nativism and the Poverty of the Stimulus (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

Chris Fox is a Reader in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex. He has also taught at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and King's College London. He is co-author, with Shalom Lappin, of Foundations of Intensional Semantics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005).

Shalom Lappin is Professor of Computational Linguistics at King's College London. He is editor of the Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory (1996); co-author, with Chris Fox, of Foundations of Intensional Semantics (2005); and, with Alexander Clark, co-author of Linguistic Nativism and the Poverty of the Stimulus (2010), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.