The interdisciplinary field that deals with the computational modeling
of natural language is known as computational linguistics. It studies
various computational models that are used to answer linguistic
questions. Some of the theoretical frameworks which are used within this
field are linguistic production, structural linguistics, linguistic
comprehension and developmental linguistics. The discipline makes use of
concepts from other fields such as computer science, mathematics,
philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology,
psycholinguistics, etc. The field helps in the development of speech
recognition software. The objective of this book is to give a general
view of the different areas of computational linguistics, and its
applications. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline
and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within
this field. Students, researchers, experts and all associated with
speech and language processing will benefit alike from this book.