Nizar Y. Habash, Introduction to Arabic natural language processing (Synthesis lectures on human language technologies)

摘要

Arabic is rich in morphology and syntax. It is normally written with optional diacritics and without the notion of capitalization. These characteristics make dealing with Arabic a challenge for both learners and researchers. My experience in the Arabic natural language processing (ANLP) research area allows me to say that the key to fostering a research or developing an application in the ANLP field lies in getting insights into the standard layer-based structure of linguistic phenomena (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics) as well as in recognizing the interaction between them. Until now, there was no such an available introductory resource that can fulfill these requirements. For example, a simple Google search of the term "Arabic Natural Language Processing" results in research groups, research papers, tutorials and presentations, companies, and scholars. Consequently, tangible efforts had to be spent by any beginner of the ANLP field, whether a scientist, linguist, developer, or student, in going through different material which might be either irrelevant or too advanced. Therefore, the purpose and the significance of this book are clear from where it stands. Also, it is adequately classified by the publisher as belonging to the "human language technologies" series.