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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...

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...