Formalizing natural languages : the NooJ approach / / Max Silberztein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910137526803321
• Autore: Silberztein Max
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-119-26414-6; 1-119-26413-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Cognitive Science Series
• Disciplina: 401.51
• Soggetti: Formalization (Linguistics); Natural language processing (Computer science); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction: the Project; 1.1. Characterizing a set of infinite size; 1.2. Computers and linguistics; 1.3. Levels of formalization; 1.4. Not applicable; 1.5. NLP applications; 1.6. Linguistic formalisms: NooJ; 1.7. Conclusion and structure of this book; 1.8. Exercises; 1.9. Internet links; PART 1: Linguistic Units; 2: Formalizing the Alphabet; 2.1. Bits and bytes; 2.2. Digitizing information; 2.3. Representing natural numbers; 2.4. Encoding characters; 2.5. Alphabetical order; 2.6. Classification of characters; 2.7. Conclusion2.8. Exercises; 2.9. Internet links; 3: Defining Vocabulary; 3.1. Multiple vocabularies and the evolution of vocabulary; 3.2. Derivation; 3.3. Atomic linguistic units (ALUs); 3.4. Multiword units versus analyzable sequences of simple words; 3.5. Conclusion; 3.6. Exercises; 3.7. Internet links; 4: Electronic Dictionaries; 4.1. Could editorial dictionaries be reused?; 4.2. LADL electronic dictionaries; 4.3. Dubois and Dubois-Charlier electronic dictionaries; 4.4. Specifications for the construction of an electronic dictionary; 4.5. Conclusion; 4.6. Exercises; 4.7. Internet links; PART 2: Languages, Grammars and Machines5: Languages, Grammars, and Machines; 5.1. Definitions; 5.2. Generative grammars; 5.3. ; Chomsky-Schützenberger hierarchy; 5.4. The NooJ approach; 5.5. Conclusion; 5.6. Exercises; 5.7. Internet links; 6: Regular Grammars; 6.1. Regular expressions; 6.2. Finite-state graphs; 6.3. Non-deterministic and deterministic graphs; 6.4. Minimal deterministic graphs; 6.5. Kleene's theorem; 6.6. Regular expressions with outputs and finite-state transducers; 6.7. Extensions of regular grammars; 6.8. Conclusion; 6.9. Exercises; 6.10. Internet links; 7: Context-Free Grammars7.1. Recursion; 7.2. Parse trees; 7.3. Conclusion; 7.4. Exercises; 7.5. Internet links; 8: Context-Sensitive Grammars; 8.1. The NooJ approach; 8.2. NooJ contextual constraints; 8.3. NooJ variables; 8.4. Conclusion; 8.5. Exercises; 8.6. Internet links; 9: Unrestricted Grammars; 9.1. Linguistic adequacy; 9.2. Conclusion; 9.3. Exercise; 9.4. Internet links; PART 3: Automatic Linguistic Parsing; 10: Text Annotation Structure; 10.1. Parsing a text; 10.2. Annotations; 10.3. Text annotation structure (TAS); 10.4. Exercise; 10.5. Internet links; 11: Lexical Analysis; 11.1. Tokenization11.2. Word forms; 11.3. Morphological analyses; 11.4. Multiword unit recognition; 11.5. Recognizing expressions; 11.6. Conclusion; 11.7. Exercise; 12: Syntactic Analysis; 12.1. Local grammars; 12.2. Structural grammars; 12.3. Conclusion; 12.4. Exercises; 12.5. Internet links; 13: Transformational Analysis; 13.1. Implementing transformations; 13.2. Theoretical problems; 13.3. Transformational analysis with NooJ; 13.4. Question answering; 13.5. Semantic analysis; 13.6. Machine translation; 13.7. Conclusion; 13.8. Exercises; 13.9. Internet links; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; End User License Agreement