Statistical NLP: Lecture 2
Rational versus Empiricist Approaches to Language I
Rational versus Empiricist Approaches to Language II
Today’s Approach to NLP
Why is NLP Difficult?
Methods that don’t work well
What Statistical NLP can do for us
Things that can be done with Text Corpora I: Word Counts
Things that can be done with Text Corpora II: Zipf’s Law
Things that can be done with Text Corpora III: Collocations
Things that can be done with Text Corpora IV: Concordances
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