computational linguistics

American  

noun

1. the study of the applications of computers in processing and analyzing language, as in automatic machine translation and text analysis.

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Etymology

Origin of computational linguistics

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Norma enrolled at Radcliffe College, but left in 1940 to marry Claude Shannon, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who later became known for his work in computational linguistics.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024

"This work influences linguistics with quantitative perspectives, contributes to models of applied mathematics, and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration while emphasizing the need for more comprehensive data in computational linguistics," said Rosillo-Rodes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

But “there’s no one place where you can go download the Internet,” says Emily M. Bender, a linguist who studies computational linguistics and language technology at the University of Washington.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

Back in 2016, Jamie Clark of Seattle was a software engineer who planned to take a year off of work to finish a master’s degree in computational linguistics.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

In the last chapter on language-related research, we will present some projects relating to machine translation research, computational linguistics, language engineering, and internationalization and localization.

From Multilingualism on the Web by Lebert, Marie