A corpus-based approach to the Chinese word segmentation [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Lezhong Liu

A Corpus-based Approach tothe Chinese Word SegmentationInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Philosophie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchenvorgelegt vonLezhong LiuCentrum für Information- und SprachverarbeitungReferent:Prof. Dr. Franz GünthnerKorreferent:Prof. Dr. Klaus U. SchulzTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 05.07.20051AcknowledgementsI would like to take this opportunity to express my graditute and appreciation foreach and every person who has made the work for this project possible.To Professor Franz Guenthner, for giving me an opportunity to work under hissupervision and for his unreserved support and guidance during the period of thisresearch project.To my fellow students Sebastian Nagel, Christopher Winestock, Johannes Goller,Felix Golcher, Aleksandra Wasiak, Li Yunbei, for providing technical support,helping me with translation and for lightening the load of work that has gone intothis thesis.To Professor Liu Qun, Dr. Zhang huaping, Xiong Deyi, Liu Yang, Chui Shiqi,Li Shuanglong from the Chinese Academy of Science, for providing me withcountless pieces of advice.To the Chinese Student Group at the CIS for their work in building the word list.To Jake Benilov for his sizeable contribution to the translation work.