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Text parsing for use in linguistic or artificial intelligence research can often be ill-suited for use in other lines of investigation in which simple, problem-specific parsing techniques may be used. This paper describes the development of a simple text parser for use in a specific research setting. The resulting parsing programs are compact enough for easy use on most available m inland microcomputers, while still providing adequate results for some applications such as chunking text into small units for later presentation.
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This research was partially supported by NIMH Training Grant MH15134-05. The author would like to thank James F. Juola and Timothy D. McKay for their comments on earlier drafts of this work.
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Granaas, M.M. Simple, applied text parsing. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 17, 209–216 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214385
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214385