Language and Computers
1. Auflage Oktober 2012
250 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Language and Computers introduces students to the
fundamentals of how computers are used to represent, process, and
organize textual and spoken information. Concepts are grounded in
real-world examples familiar to students' experiences of
using language and computers in everyday life.
* A real-world introduction to the fundamentals of how computers
process language, written specifically for the undergraduate
audience, introducing key concepts from computational
linguistics.
* Offers a comprehensive explanation of the problems computers
face in handling natural language
* Covers a broad spectrum of language-related applications and
issues, including major computer applications involving natural
language and the social and ethical implications of these new
developments
* The book focuses on real-world examples with which students can
identify, using these to explore the technology and how it
works
* Features "under-the-hood" sections that give
greater detail on selected advanced topics, rendering the book
appropriate for more advanced courses, or for independent study by
the motivated reader.
Bachelor's students in linguistics, and by those studying to
become language consultants, translators, and so on. This book
would then be the natural choice." (Computational
Linguistics, 2013)
"In general, I can certainly recommend "Language and
Computers" as a broad introduction to language technology
aimed at the general audience and at students who are curious about
modern language technology." (Mach Translat, 1
March 2013)
Linguistics, Indiana University and currently the director of the
Computational Linguistics program. His research focuses on
improving linguistic annotation for natural language processing
technology and automatically analyzing the language of second
language learners.
Chris Brew is a Senior Research Scientist with the
Educational Testing Service in Princeton, where he is currently the
scientific lead for the c-rater project on automated short answer
grading. He has been active in Natural Language Processing for over
20 years, first in the UK, then as Associate Professor of
Linguistics and Computer Science at The Ohio State University,
where he co-directed the Speech and Language Technologies
Laboratory, as well as the Computational Linguistics Program.
Detmar Meurers is Professor of Computational Linguistics and
head of the Theoretical Computational Linguistics group at the
University of Tübingen. He has a longstanding commitment to
teaching Computational Linguistics and Linguistics in a way that
combines current technology and research issues with the
fundamentals of the field. His research emphasizes the role of
linguistic insight and linguistic models in Computational
Linguistics. His most recent research adds a focus on theory and
applications related to second language acquisition.
