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Chinese input is one of the key challenges for Chinese PC users. This paper proposes a statistical approach to Pinyin-based Chinese input. This approach uses a trigram-based langu...
ACL
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13 years 9 months ago
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We propose a distribution-based pruning of n-gram backoff language models. Instead of the conventional approach of pruning n-grams that are infrequent in training data, we prune n...
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13 years 9 months ago
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An approach to automatic detection of syllable structure is presented. We demonstrate a novel application of EM-based clustering to multivariate data, exempli ed by the induction ...
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13 years 9 months ago
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We present a clustering algorithm for Arabic words sharing the same root. Root based clusters can substitute dictionaries in indexing for IR. Modifying Adamson and Boreham (1974),...
ACL
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13 years 9 months ago
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As an application of NLP to computer-assisted language learning(CALL) , we propose a diagnostic processing of Japanese being able to detect errors and inappropriateness of sentenc...