Readings in Natural Language Processing

[From the back cover]

Thirty-eight articles, spanning twenty-four years, provide an introduction to the field and a wide-ranging reference collection for students and researchers. A general introduction by the editors discusses important theoretical issues, historical developments, and current problems and approaches.

Six chapters present work in syntactic models (parsing and grammars), semantic interpretation, discourse interpretation, language action and intention, language generation, and systems. Introductions to each chapter survey topic areas and place each article in context. References to relevant works and an index complete the volume.

Students and researchers in natural language processing, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and computational linguistics will benefit from this economical, comprehensive volume.