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Automatic Abstracting Content in Text

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Gunnel Källgren
Gunnel Källgren
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Abstract

The article deals with the possibility of constructing a synopsis of a given text by automatic means from the text itself. It is suggested that this might be done on the basis of a statistical analysis of the vocabulary and collocations in the vocabulary, followed by simple parsing of selected parts of the text, and simple textual analysis, everything based on the results of the vocabulary analysis. The sentences and sentence fragments that are found to be central can then be used for the reconstruction of a substantially abridged version of the original text. After a discussion of the background of the model, a sample analysis is shown.

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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 11 , Issue 1-2 , June 1988 , pp. 89 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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