"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that": Linguistics, Statistics, and Natural Language Processing circa 2001
arXiv (Cornell University)Published 21 April 2003Open access
Lillian Lee
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A brief, general-audience overview of the history of natural language processing, focusing on data-driven approaches, including "Ambiguity and language analysis", "Firth things first", and "A 'C' change".
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A brief, general-audience overview of the history of natural language processing, focusing on data-driven approaches.Topics include "Ambiguity and language analysis", "Firth things first", "A 'C' change", and "The empiricists strike back".
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