Natural Language Processing
There have been high hopes for Natural Language Processing. Natural
Language Processing, also known simply as NLP, is part of the broader field of
Artificial Intelligence, the effort towards making machines think. Computers may
appear intelligent as they crunch numbers and process information with blazing
speed. In truth, computers are nothing but dumb slaves who only understand on or
off and are limited to exact instructions. But since the invention of the
computer, scientists have been attempting to make computers not only appear
intelligent but be intelligent. A truly intelligent computer would not be
limited to rigid computer language commands, but instead be able to process and
understand the English language. This is the concept behind Natural Language
Processing.
The phases a message would go through during NLP would consist of
message, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and intended meaning. (M. A. Fischer,
1987) Syntax is the grammatical......
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