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Introduction to Natural Language Processing

Aim:

To review the grammar of English, introducing some terms for describing different types of English phrases, and the concept of a grammar rule. We also have a quick look at how the different levels of linguistic knowledge interact.

Keywords: abstract noun, active voice, ADJ, adjective, adjective phrase, ADJP, ADV, adverb, adverbial phrase, ADVP, agreement, apposition, article, aspect, AUX, auxiliary verb, BELIEVE, bitransitive, bound morpheme, cardinal, case, common noun, concrete noun, CONJ, conjunction, count noun, declarative, demonstrative, descriptive grammar, determiner, ellipsis, embedded sentence, features in NLP, first person, free morpheme, FUT, future perfect, gender, grammar, imperative, indicative, infinitive, inflection, intensifier, INTERJ, interjection, intransitive, lexeme, mass noun, morpheme, morphology, N, nominal, noun, noun modifier, noun phrase, NP, number (grammatical), object, ordinal, participle, particle, passive voice, PAST, past perfect, person, phone, phoneme, phonetics, phonology, phrasal verb, phrase, pluperfect, plural noun, possessive, PP, PP attachment, pragmatics, predicate, PREP, preposition, prepositional phrase, PRES, prescriptive grammar, present perfect, progressive, proper noun, proposition, qualifier, quantifier, quantifying determiner, relative clause, S, second person, sentence, simple future, simple past, simple present, singular noun, speech act, string, subject, subjunctive, syntax, tense, third person, transitive, V, verb, verb complement, verb group, verb phrase, VP, wh-question, word, y/n question