title: Python 2.6 Text Processing: Beginners Guide
author: Jeff McNeil
description: "I will give 9 out of 10 for this book. If you are dealing with rigorous text processing this book is a must have reference for you" --Jaganadh G<br /><br />"It is really a one stop shop for text processing. Buy this book, if you want one handy text processing book to address all your text processing needs" --Shantanu Kulkarni
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  Getting Started with Natural Language Processing 
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  welcome 
  Thank you for joining the MEAP for Essential Natural Language Processing: A friendly 
  introduction using Python. I am very excited that you selected this book and I hope that 
  you'll enjoy getting started with Natural Language Processing using it! 
  Natural Language Processing (or NLP for short) addresses all types of tasks related to 
  language and information. The field and techniques have been around for some time now: in 
  fact, you might have been using Natural Language Processing in your everyday life without 
  realising that! Therefore, the very first chapter will give you an overview of the wide scope of 
  NLP applications that you might be using regula