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computational linguistics

computational linguistics noun: 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.

Noun

computational linguistics (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 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...2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §7.1

computational linguistics meaning in Arabic and Persian

computational linguistics in Arabic

interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective
لِسَانِيَّات حَاسُوبِيَّة lisāniyyāt ḥāsūbiyya

computational linguistics in Persian

interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective
زبانشناسی محاسباتی

Origin of computational linguistics

Coined by American linguist and computer scientist David Hays in the 1960s.

Questions about computational linguistics

What does computational linguistics mean?
Computational linguistics means 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.
What is computational linguistics in Arabic?
Computational linguistics in Arabic is لِسَانِيَّات حَاسُوبِيَّة (lisāniyyāt ḥāsūbiyya). See Computational linguistics meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is computational linguistics?
Computational linguistics is a noun.

Words near computational linguistics in the dictionary

  1. computational fluid dynamics
  2. computational geometry
  3. computational humor
  4. computational intelligence
  5. computational lexicology
  6. computational linguistics
  7. computational model
  8. computational models
  9. computational neuroscience
  10. computational number theory
  11. computational semantics

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