The Oxford Handbook of Computational Linguistics

About this book

Thirty-eight chapters commissioned from experts all over the world describe major concepts methods and applications in computational linguistics. Part I Linguistic Fundamentals provides an overview of the field suitable for senior undergraduates and non-specialists from other fields of linguistics and related disciplines. Part II describes current tasks techniques and tools in Natural Language Processing and aims to meet the needs of post-doctoral workers and others embarking on computational language research. Part III surveys current Applications. The book is a state-of-the-art reference to one of the most active and productive fields in linguistics. It will be of interest and practical use to a wide range of linguists as well as to researchers in such fields as informatics artificial intelligence language engineering and cognitive science.