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C**S
Great book
Love this book
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Chapter/section on Computational Linguistics only in e-book version of seventh edition
I had been looking for recent summaries of the field of Linguistics and come across the seventh edition of this book.The summary of the description of this edition reads: "The latest edition of a popular introductory linguistics text, now including a section on computational linguistics, new non-English examples, quizzes for each chapter, and additional special topics."And the body text contains the following sentences: "This seventh edition has been extensively revised and updated; new material includes a chapter on computational linguistics, more non-English examples, and a wide range of exercises, quizzes, and special topics.The seventh edition of Linguistics includes access to a new, web-based eCourse and enhanced eTextbook."However, when I looked at the Contents of this book on Amazon, I found neither a "chapter" nor a "section" that explicitly referred to Computational Linguistics.I contacted the publisher and was told that the chapter on Computational Linguistics is only contained in the e-book, access to which is obtained through purchase of a new print copy.I think this information should have been made explicit, especially given the prominent feature which the chapter/section on Computational Linguistics occupies in the official book description.Since I have not read this book but have to select a rating in order to be able to publish this "review" on Amazon, I'm selecting a "neutral" rating of three stars.
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