Why does NLP
need linguistics?
Julia Hockenmaier
[email protected]
NLP and Linguistics: Finding the Common Ground
48th ACL, July 2010
Uppsala, Sweden
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Why do
computational linguists
need to know about
linguistics?
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Why do
language engineers
need to know about
linguistics?
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Why do
chemical engineers
need to know about
chemistry?
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Why do
bioengineers
need to know about
biology?
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What do
bioengineers
need to know about
biology?
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evolution
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evolution
genetics
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evolution
genetics
molecular biology
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evolution
genetics
molecular biology
cell biology
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evolution
genetics
molecular biology
cell biology
taxonomy
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evolution
genetics
molecular biology
cell biology
taxonomy
ecology
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What do
language engineers
need to know about
linguistics?
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morphology
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morphology
syntax
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morphology
syntax
semantics
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morphology
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
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morphology
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
language typology
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morphology
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
language typology
historical
linguistics
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morphology
sociolinguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
language typology
historical
linguistics
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morphology
sociolinguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
language typology
historical
linguistics
applied linguistics
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Why do
language engineers
need to know about
linguistics?
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Data
Descriptions
Taxonomies
Theories
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Data
Descriptions
Taxonomies
Theories
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Data
Descriptions
Taxonomies
Theories
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Data
Descriptions
Taxonomies
Theories
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NLP & linguistic theories
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NLP & linguistic theories
transformational
grammar
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NLP & linguistic theories
transformational
grammar
optimality theory
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NLP & linguistic theories
transformational
grammar
optimality theory
Gricean Maxims
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NLP & linguistic theories
transformational
grammar
optimality theory
Gricean Maxims
Many linguistic theories provide very useful
descriptions of linguistic phenomena.
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NLP & linguistic theories
transformational
grammar
optimality theory
Gricean Maxims
Many linguistic theories provide very useful
descriptions of linguistic phenomena.
But they often
donʼt provide precise
computational recipes
for dealing with these phenomena.
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NLP & linguistic theories
transformational
grammar
optimality theory
Gricean Maxims
Many linguistic theories provide very useful
descriptions of linguistic phenomena.
But they often
donʼt provide precise
computational recipes
for dealing with these phenomena.
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What do
computational biologists
need to know about
biology?
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What do
biologists
need to know about
computational biology?
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As much as possible.
Biology wonʼt be the
same anymore.
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What do linguists
need to know about
CL & NLP ?
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What do linguists
need to know about
CL & NLP ?
As much as possible.
Linguistics shouldnʼt be the same
anymore.
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What Iʼd like from linguists
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What Iʼd like from linguists
1) Data,
data, data...
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What Iʼd like from linguists
1) Data,
2)
data, data...
Descriptions
and taxonomies
of linguistic phenomena
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What Iʼd like from linguists
1) Data,
2)
data, data...
Descriptions
and taxonomies
of linguistic phenomena
3) Textbooks for my students
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