Browsing Theses by Subject "computational linguistics"
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Evaluation of Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Tools in the Translation Process: A Plea for Complementing CAT-Tools with Corpus Linguistical Tools and Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-01)The demand for translations of high quality is on a peak while the budget and time resources are low. Consequently, translators need technological support and use Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools. Using the ... -
'Healthy' Coreference: Applying Coreference Resolution to the Health Education Domain
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-26)This thesis investigates coreference and its resolution within the domain of health education. Coreference is the relationship between two linguistic expressions that refer to the same real-world entity, and resolution ... -
An Investigation of Word Sense Disambiguation for Improving Lexical Chaining
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis investigates how word sense disambiguation affects lexical chains, as well as proposing an improved model for lexical chaining in which word sense disambiguation is performed prior to lexical chaining. A ... -
Lexical Affinities and Language Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Understanding interactions among words is fundamental for natural language applications. However, many statistical NLP methods still ignore this important characteristic of language. For example, information retrieval ... -
Using Rhetorical Figures and Shallow Attributes as a Metric of Intent in Text
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)In this thesis we propose a novel metric of document intent evaluation based on the detection and classification of rhetorical figure. In doing so we dispel the notion that rhetoric lacks the structure and consistency ...