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Title : Automatic Summarization Natural Language Processing Series: Natural Language Processing (Book 3) Paperback: 298 pages Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company (June 1, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 1588110605 ISBN-13: 978-1588110602 Description :  With the explosion in the quantity of on-line text and multimedia information in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in automatic summarization. This book provides a systematic introduction to the field, explaining basic definitions, the strategies used by human summarizers, and automatic methods that leverage linguistic and statistical knowledge to produce extracts and abstracts. Drawing from a wealth of research in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and information retrieval, the book also includes detailed assessments of evaluation methods and new topics such as multi-document and multimedia summarization. Previous automatic summarization books have been either collec...

Title : Applying Linguistics in the Classroom: A Sociocultural Approach Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 17, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0415633168 ISBN-13: 978-0415633161 Description :  Making linguistics accessible and relevant to all teachers, this text looks at language issues in the classroom through an applied sociocultural perspective focused on how language functions in society and in schools―how it is used, for what purposes, and how teachers can understand their students’ language practices. While touching on the key structural aspects of language (phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax), it does not simply give an overview, but rather provides a way to study and talk about language. Each chapter includes practical steps and suggests tools for applying different kinds of linguistic knowledge in classrooms. The activities and exercises are adaptable to elementary or high school settings. Many examples focus on t...

A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS Title : A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS Author    : Jenifer Larson-Hall Publisher :   Routledge, 2009 ISBN      :  1135594732, 9781135594732 Length    : 440 pages Description :  This valuable book shows second language researchers how to use the statistical program SPSS to conduct statistical tests frequently done in SLA research. Using data sets from real SLA studies, A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS shows newcomers to both statistics and SPSS how to generate descriptive statistics, how to choose a statistical test, and how to conduct and interpret a variety of basic statistical tests. It covers the statistical tests that are most commonly used in second language research, including chi-square, t-tests, correlation, multiple regression, ANOVA and non-parametric ...

Language The Loaded Weapon Title :  Language The Loaded Weapon Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Routledge (October 15, 1980) Language: English ISBN-10: 0582291089 ISBN-13: 978-0582291089 Description : Today there is a reawakening interest in how language affects our lives. It comes with every threat to our safety and every promise of better times. It is a burning issue among minorities and a running debate between the attackers and defenders of our schools. Our deepest problems all are entangled with it: What shall be the official speech of emerging nations like Zambia and the Philippines, or even in certain areas of established ones like Belgium and Canada? What kind of English should be taught, or should there be no standard at all? How is government to make its regulations understandable? What are the verbal persuasions of television doing to our children? Which way does information flow, what are its biases, when does it inform and when concea...

Language Ethnography and Education Titlel : Language Ethnography and Education Paperback: 232 pages Publisher: Routledge (2 Nov. 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0415872499 ISBN-13: 978-0415872492 Description : This frontline volume contributes to the social study of education in general and literacy in particular by bringing together in a new way the traditions of language, ethnography, and education. Integrating New Literacy Studies and Bourdieusian sociology with ethnographic approaches to the study of classroom practice, it offers an original and useful reference point for scholars and students of education, language, and literacy wishing to incorporate Bourdieu’s ideas into their work. More than just a set of stand-alone chapters around social perspectives on language interactions in classrooms, this book develops and unfolds dialogically across three sections: Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu – Principles; Language, Ethnography and Education - ...