Language and Computers: A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language
This book is a first-stop introduction to corpus-based language research. It takes the reader systematically through the practical problems and benefits including the points to be reviewed before using computers, obtaining corpus material, the main analytical tools and the most important applications of computerised natural language processing. Each chapter offers guidance on programming where appropriate at a level suitable for readers with no prior experience, and provides exercises to help the reader to apply the principles covered. Case studies are used to show how the techniques are used in genuine research situations.
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Language and Computers: A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language
This book is a first-stop introduction to corpus-based language research. It takes the reader systematically through the practical problems and benefits including the points to be reviewed before using computers, obtaining corpus material, the main analytical tools and the most important applications of computerised natural language processing. Each chapter offers guidance on programming where appropriate at a level suitable for readers with no prior experience, and provides exercises to help the reader to apply the principles covered. Case studies are used to show how the techniques are used in genuine research situations.
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Language and Computers: A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language

Language and Computers: A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language

by Geoffrey Barnbrook
Language and Computers: A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language

Language and Computers: A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language

by Geoffrey Barnbrook

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This book is a first-stop introduction to corpus-based language research. It takes the reader systematically through the practical problems and benefits including the points to be reviewed before using computers, obtaining corpus material, the main analytical tools and the most important applications of computerised natural language processing. Each chapter offers guidance on programming where appropriate at a level suitable for readers with no prior experience, and provides exercises to help the reader to apply the principles covered. Case studies are used to show how the techniques are used in genuine research situations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780748607853
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 07/01/1996
Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years
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