A Computational Lexicalization Approach

Feng-Jen Yang

2005

Abstract

Fine-Grained lexicalization has been treated as a post process to refine the machine planned discourse and make the machine generated language more coherent and more fluent. Without this process, a system can still generate comprehensible languages but may sound unnatural and sometimes frustrate its users. To this end, generating coherent and natural sounding language is a major concern in any natural language system. In this paper, a lexicalization approach is presented to refine the machine generated language.

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Yang F. (2005). A Computational Lexicalization Approach . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLUCS, (ICEIS 2005) ISBN 972-8865-23-6X, pages 128-146. DOI: 10.5220/0002558301280146


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@conference{nlucs05,
author={Feng-Jen Yang},
title={A Computational Lexicalization Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLUCS, (ICEIS 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={128-146},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002558301280146},
isbn={972-8865-23-6X},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLUCS, (ICEIS 2005)
TI - A Computational Lexicalization Approach
SN - 972-8865-23-6X
AU - Yang F.
PY - 2005
SP - 128
EP - 146
DO - 10.5220/0002558301280146