A simple yet effective guide on Natural Language Processing(NLP) using Python
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6 min readNov 8, 2020
Natural Language Processing(NLP)! Although the term might seem new, I can bet that you have definitively used it at least once in your lifetime.
- Ever wondered whenever you type in your email on Gmail how does it suggests you a completed sentence?
- Many of the times a mail automatically goes to your spam folder. How does that happen?
- How is Alexa, Siri etc. able to understand you?
And the list goes on.
In this tutorial, we will go through a step by step guide which will help you get started through Natural Language Processing(NLP).
Before we get started NLP can be used for various purposes but not limited to:
- Text Classification
It is a process which helps us to classify the text based on its content by analyzing and assigning tags to it.
- Sentiment Analysis
Sentiment is a synonym for emotion. Using sentiment analysis we can identify the opinion of someone across various sources ranging from blogs, reviews to social media.
- Topic Modelling