Language and Computers

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Language and Computers introduces students to thefundamentals of how computers are used to represent, process, andorganize textual and spoken information. Concepts are grounded inreal-world examples familiar to students' experiences ofusing language and computers in everyday life. * A real-world introduction to the fundamentals of how computersprocess language, written specifically for the undergraduateaudience, introducing key concepts from computationallinguistics. * Offers a comprehensive explanation of the problems computersface in handling natural language * Covers a broad spectrum of language-related applications andissues, including major computer applications involving naturallanguage and the social and ethical implications of these newdevelopments * The book focuses on real-world examples with which students canidentify, using these to explore the technology and how itworks * Features "under-the-hood" sections that givegreater detail on selected advanced topics, rendering the bookappropriate for more advanced courses, or for independent study bythe motivated reader.

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Markus Dickinson

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Angewandte Linguistik Applied Linguistics Linguistics Psycholinguistics Psycholinguistik Sprachwissenschaften

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"...a broad introduction is also needed byBachelor's students in linguistics, and by those studying tobecome language consultants, translators, and so on. This bookwould then be the natural choice." (ComputationalLinguistics, 2013) "In general, I can certainly recommend "Language andComputers" as a broad introduction to language technologyaimed at the general audience and at students who are curious aboutmodern language technology." (Mach Translat, 1March 2013)
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