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In this paper, I will describe a few aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP), specifically some recent trends. These topics concern some new avenues of research in grammars and parsing, and statistical approaches to NLP, a relatively new trend in NLP.
This work was partially supported by NSF Grant DCR-84-10413, ARO Grant DAAL03-87-0031, and ARPA Grant N0014-85-K0018. This is a slightly revised version of an invited paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Digital Technologies held at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, December 1993.
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Joshi, A.K. (1994). Some Recent Trends In Natural Language Processing. In: Zampolli, A., Calzolari, N., Palmer, M. (eds) Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker. Linguistica Computazionale, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-35958-8_26
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