Text Genres and Registers: The Computation of Linguistic Features
This book is a description of some of the most recent advances in text classification as part of a concerted effort to achieve computer understanding of human language. In particular, it addresses state-of-the-art developments in the computation of higher
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Alex Chengyu Fang • Jing Cao
Text Genres and Registers: The Computation of Linguistic Features
Alex Chengyu Fang Linguistics and Translation City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China
Jing Cao Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Wuhan China
ISBN 978-3-662-45099-4 ISBN 978-3-662-45100-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-45100-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014952898 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
In loving memory of my father, Sui-fu Fang 方綏撫, and my mother, Jiu-qiong He 賀玖瓊
Preface and Acknowledgements
This book and the research that it describes would not have been completed without the full support received from the family and friends of the two authors. The research described in this book was supported in part by grants received from the General Research Fund of the University Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project no. CityU 142711), Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund of the Education Department of Hubei Province (Project no. 2012G409), City University of Hong Kong (Project nos. 6354005, 7004091, 9610283, 7002793, 9610226, 9041694, and 9610188), Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Project no. 32511102006) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project no. 31541110215). The authors would also like to acknowledge supports received from the Dialogue Systems Group, Department of Linguistics and Translation, and the Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong. Heartfelt thanks also goes to Ms. Rebecca Zhu for her support and assistance throughout the preparation of the book. Hong Kong July 2014
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Contents
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