Natural Language Processing Demystified
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Natural Language Processing Demystified
Natural Language Processing Demystified (Part One)
nlpdemystified.org#nlp course#natural language processing#spacy#scikit-learn#python nlp
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2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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Interface is great
From 1 comment
The interface is great. Did you create the front-end/back-end from scratch?
irln on HN
Objections
Commenters argue learners need linguistics background before NLP
From 2 comments
NLP researcher here. It's great to see many offerings for courses and tutorials, and NLP has made a lot of progress, in terms of both its science as well as its re-usable…
jll29 on HNI'm generally not a fan of these kind of high-level tutorials that tell you "use X library to get Y result" - it's just not good for learning. But any content that tries to sell…
mywaifuismeta on HN
High-level library tutorials are poor for learning
From 1 comment
I'm generally not a fan of these kind of high-level tutorials that tell you "use X library to get Y result" - it's just not good for learning. But any content that tries to sell…
mywaifuismeta on HN
Requests
Recommend linguistics or NLP textbooks
From 3 comments
> I recommend people spend a bit of time to read an(y) introduction to linguistics textbook Do you have a favorite you can recommend?
PainfullyNormal on HNCould you recommend a good introduction to NLP book?
vb234 on HNDo you have specific book suggestions?
meristem on HN
Questions
Which linguistics textbook is recommended
From 1 comment
> I recommend people spend a bit of time to read an(y) introduction to linguistics textbook Do you have a favorite you can recommend?
PainfullyNormal on HN
Alternatives named
Jurafsky and Martin Speech and Language Processing
From 2 comments
Jumping in on this; I’ve found jurafsky/martin a good place to start. Covers a lot of ground and is a pretty good read as well. https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/
photonemitter on HNIn addition to Jurafsky and Martin (https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/), I also like Emily Bender's book:…
mothcamp on HN
Manning and Schutze Foundations of Statistical NLP
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In addition to Jurafsky and Martin, I recommend Foundations of Statistical NLP by Manning and Schutze: https://nlp.stanford.edu/fsnlp/promo/
rmellow on HN
Emily Bender Linguistic Fundamentals for NLP
From 1 comment
In addition to Jurafsky and Martin (https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/), I also like Emily Bender's book:…
mothcamp on HN