Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies, 9) - Softcover

Leacock, Claudia; Chodorow, Martin; Gamon, Michael; Tetreault, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608454703 ISBN 13: 9781608454709

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool, 2010

Synopsis

It has been estimated that over a billion people are using or learning English as a second or foreign language, and the numbers are growing not only for English but for other languages as well. These language learners provide a burgeoning market for tools that help identify and correct learners' writing errors. Unfortunately, the errors targeted by typical commercial proofreading tools do not include those aspects of a second language that are hardest to learn. This volume describes the types of constructions English language learners find most difficult -- constructions containing prepositions, articles, and collocations. It provides an overview of the automated approaches that have been developed to identify and correct these and other classes of learner errors in a number of languages. Error annotation and system evaluation are particularly important topics in grammatical error detection because there are no commonly accepted standards. Chapters in the book describe the options avai

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1608454703
• ISBN 13: 9781608454709
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 122