Spoken Language Understanding (SLU) addresses the problem of extracting semantic meaning conveyed in an utterance. The traditional knowledge-based approach to this problem is very...
A key advantage for the use of a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) is the leverage that can be captured from a concise representation of a programmer’s intention. This paper report...
In Japanese, it is quite common for the same word to be written in several different ways. This is especially true for katakana words which are typically used for transliterating ...
Tree based translation models are a compelling means of integrating linguistic information into machine translation. Syntax can inform lexical selection and reordering choices and...
"Can computers meaningfully process human language? If this is difficult, why? If this is possible, how? This book introduces the reader to the fascinating science of computat...