I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book pertinent to human language technologies:<br><i><b><br></b></i><div><i><b>Introduction to Arabic Natural Language Processing<img src="http://www.morganclaypool.com/templates/jsp/images/access_no.gif" alt="no access" title="no access"></b></i></div>
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2010</div><br><a href="http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00277ED1V01Y201008HLT010" target="_blank">Abstract</a> <br>This book provides system developers and researchers in natural
language processing and computational linguistics with the necessary
background information for working with the Arabic language. The goal
is to introduce Arabic linguistic phenomena and review the
state-of-the-art in Arabic processing. The book discusses Arabic
script, phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax and semantics, with
a final chapter on machine translation issues. The chapter sizes
correspond more or less to what is linguistically distinctive about
Arabic, with morphology getting the lion's share, followed by Arabic
script. No previous knowledge of Arabic is needed. This book is
designed for computer scientists and linguists alike. The focus of the
book is on Modern Standard Arabic; however, notes on practical issues
related to Arabic dialects and languages written in the Arabic script
are presented in different chapters. <p> Table of
Contents: What is "Arabic"? / Arabic Script / Arabic Phonology and
Orthography / Arabic Morphology / Computational Morphology Tasks /
Arabic Syntax / A Note on Arabic Semantics / A Note on Arabic and
Machine Translation </p>This title is available online free of charge to members of
institutions that that have licensed the <a href="http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/synthesis.jsp" target="_blank">Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science</a>.
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