1.1 What is NLP? Natural language processing (NLP) can be defined as the computational modelling of human language. The term ‘NLP’ is sometimes used rather more narrowly than that, often excluding information retrieval and sometimes even excluding machine translation.
The information in these NLP training guides are a summary of what I have learned about NLP over that time. 1. Introduction 2. NLP is an Adventure 3. What is NLP 4. Brief History of NLP 5. What does NLP offer? 6. Do I need a Trainer or Coach? 7. How to get the most from this Guide? 8. Suggested exercise 9. NLP Adventure Summary 10.
I’ll use the term ‘deep’ NLP for systems that build a meaning representation (or an elaborate syntactic representation), which is generally agreed to be required for applications such as NLIDs and email question answering. The most important principle in building a successful NLP system is modularity.
This review suggests that there exist the bridging links between NLP, its philosophical foundation and pedagogy through certain theories like Constructivism and Information Processing. Some pedagogical relevance of NLP is also discovered in catering to its widespread into the educational world at all levels.