Prolog and Natural-Language Analysis

Pereira, Fernando C.N.; Shieber, Stuart M.

ISBN 10: 0937073180 / ISBN 13: 9780937073186

Published by Center for the Study of Language and Information, [Stanford], 1987

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[Stanford]: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1987. viii, 266 pp. 23 x 15 cm. Stiff paper wrappers printed in brick red with black and white lettering to covers and spine. Sunning to spine with some creasing to front and rear covers. Small label scar to bottom corner of rear cover. Two small 3 mm stains to head of text block. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding firm with no creases or cracks. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prolog and Natural-Language Analysis
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information, [Stanford]
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937073180
• ISBN 13: 9780937073186
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Computer Science

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Synopsis

Logic programming, an important new method of compute programming resulting from recent research in artifucial intelligence and computer science, has proved to be especially appropriate for solving problems in natrual-language processing. "Prolog and Natural Language Analysis" provides a concise and practical introduction to logic programming and the logic-programming language Prolog both as vehicles for understanding elementary computational linguistics and as tools for implementing the basic components of natural-language-processing systems. Throughout, the specific concepts and techniques are given rigorous theoretical justification and are demonstrated with working programs that show how Prolog can be used to solve actual problems in syntax, parsing, and semantic intepretation.These examples culminate in a simple working natural-language question-answering system written in Prolog. Extensive bibliographic notes point the reader to related research and further reading.Fernando C.N. Pereira is a senior computer scientist at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center and a consulting professor at Stanford University. His research on Prolog and natural-language processing underlies much recent work in logic grammars.Stuart Shieber is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information and a computer scientist at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center. His research on unification-based grammar formalisms bridges logic programming and linguistic theory.