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computational linguistics

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.

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Examples

“Prolog has been used for many purposes, but its inventor, Alain Colmerauer, was interested in computational linguistics, and this remains a classic application for the language. Moreover, Prolog offers a number⟳ of tools which make⟳ life easier for computational linguists, and we are now going to start⟳ learning about one of the most useful of these: definite clause grammars, or DCGs as they are usually called.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

computational model computational neuroscience computational number theory computational semantics computational social choice computationalism

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