Arabic-L:LING:New Book:Arabic NLP

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Date: 12 Oct 2010
From: "Andrea D. Koprowicz" <andrea at morganclaypool.com>
Subject: New Book:Arabic NLP

I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book pertinent to human language technologies:

Introduction to Arabic Natural Language Processing
Nizar Y. Habash
2010

Abstract  
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.
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

This title is available online free of charge to members of institutions that that have licensed the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science. Use of this book as a course text is encouraged; and the text may be downloaded without restriction at licensing institutions, or after a one-time fee of $30 USD at non-licensing schools. To find out whether your institution is a subscriber, visit <http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/licensed>, or follow the links above and attempt to download the PDF. Additional information about Synthesis can be found through the following links, or by contacting me directly. 
Available titles and subject areas: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/ForthcomingSynthesisLectures
Information for librarians, including pricing and license: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/librarian_info
A review of Synthesis in ISTL: http://www.istl.org/09-winter/electronic.html

This book can also be purchased in print directly from the Morgan & Claypool Bookstore for $40 USD, or from Amazon and other booksellers worldwide.

I would be happy to answer questions about this, or any of our titles.

Best regards,
Andrea

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Andrea Descoteaux Koprowicz
Sales & Marketing Information Specialist
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Email: andrea at morganclaypool.com
Phone: (206) 931-2035
Fax: (206) 323-6501
http://www.morganclaypool.com

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