Practical Business Analytics Using R and Python: Solve Business Problems Using a Data-driven Approach

© Umesh R. Hodeghatta, Ph.D and Umesha Nayak 2023

U. R. Hodeghatta, U. NayakPractical Business Analytics Using R and Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8754-5_15

15. Introduction to Natural Language Processing

Umesh R. Hodeghatta¹   and Umesha Nayak²

(1)

South Portland, ME, USA

(2)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

A language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It’s all embodied in a language.

Noam Chomsky

Natural language processing (NLP) aims to make computers process human languages. NLP has a wide variety of applications today. You may already be using them when you are buying a book on Amazon, talking to Google Assistant or Siri when checking the weather, ...