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Neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics as a basis for computer acquisition of natural language

Published: 01 April 1983 Publication History

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Research into Natural Language Understanding systems for computers has concentrated on implementing particular grammars and grammatical models of the language concerned. This paper presents a rationale for research into Natural Language Understanding systems based on Neurological and Psychological principles.Important features of the approach are that it seeks to place the onus of Learning the language on the computer, and that it seeks to make use of the vast wealth of relevant Psychollngulstic and Neurollnguistic theory.

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cover image ACM SIGART Bulletin
ACM SIGART Bulletin Just Accepted
April 1983
28 pages
ISSN:0163-5719
DOI:10.1145/1056623
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Published: 01 April 1983
Published in SIGAI , Issue 84

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