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lexical simplification

Description: A natural language processing task that replaces or explains difficult words with simpler alternatives while preserving meaning.
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Collocations: a Neglected Variable in Efl
1995 · Mohammed Farghal, Hussein Obiedat · IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching · 243
Universals of Lexical Simplification
1978 · Shoshana Blum, E. A. Levenston · Language Learning · 235
Exploring Neural Text Simplification Models
2017 · Sergiu Nisioi, Sanja Štajner, et al. · Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) · 205
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A Survey of Automated Text Simplification
2014 · Matthew Shardlow · International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications · 195
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Conversations with children
1986 · Catherine E. Snow · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 186
Simplifying Lexical Simplification: Do We Need Simplified Corpora?
2015 · Goran Glavaš, Sanja Štajner · 144
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Putting it Simply: a Context-Aware Approach to Lexical Simplification
2011 · Biran, Or, Brody, Samuel, et al. · 141
Frequent Words Improve Readability and Short Words Improve Understandability for People with Dyslexia
2013 · Luz Rello, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, et al. · Lecture notes in computer science · 131
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Translating from Complex to Simplified Sentences
2010 · Lucia Specia · Lecture notes in computer science · 128
Improving Text Simplification Language Modeling Using Unsimplified Text Data
2013 · David Kauchak · 127
For the sake of simplicity: Unsupervised extraction of lexical simplifications from Wikipedia
2010 · Yatskar, Mark, Pang, Bo, et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 127
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Text simplification for children
2010 · De Belder, Jan, Moens, Marie-Francine · Lirias · 125
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Linguistic Simplification of SL Reading Material: Effective Instructional Practice?
1999 · Dolly N. Young · Modern Language Journal · 124
Unsupervised Lexical Simplification for Non-Native Speakers
2016 · Gustavo Paetzold, Lucia Specia · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 115
Learning a Lexical Simplifier Using Wikipedia
2014 · Colby Horn, Cathryn Manduca, et al. · Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) · 115
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SemEval-2012 Task 1: English Lexical Simplification
2012 · Lucia Specia, Sunil Kumar Jauhar, et al. · 113
Making It Simplext
2015 · Horacio Saggion, Sanja Štajner, et al. · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing · 109
Can Spanish Be Simpler? LexSiS: Lexical Simplification for Spanish
2012 · Stefan Bott, Luz Rello, et al. · International Conference on Computational Linguistics · 103
Lexical Simplification with Pretrained Encoders
2020 · Jipeng Qiang, Yun Li, et al. · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 86
User Evaluation of the Effects of a Text Simplification Algorithm Using Term Familiarity on Perception, Understanding, Learning, and Information Retention
2013 · Gondy Leroy, James E Endicott, et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research · 86
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Simple PPDB: A Paraphrase Database for Simplification
2016 · Ellie Pavlick, Chris Callison-Burch · Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) · 83
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Unsupervised Neural Text Simplification
2019 · Sai Surya, Abhijit Mishra, et al. · Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) · 81
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A Comparison of Techniques to Automatically Identify Complex Words.
2013 · Matthew Shardlow · 81
Simplified or not Simplified? The Different Guises of Mediated English at the European Parliament
2019 · Adriano Ferraresi, Silvia Bernardini, et al. · Meta Journal des traducteurs · 78
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A Survey on Lexical Simplification
2017 · Gustavo H. Paetzold, Lucia Specia · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 78
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