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Apr 21, 2003
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".
* In "Computer Science: Reflections on the Field, Reflections from
the Field" (report of the National Academies' Study on the Fundamentals of
Computer Science), pp. 111--118, 2004 * To appear, National Research Council study on the Fundamentals of
Computer Science. 7 pages
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