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Natural Language Processing - Lesson 1 (Basic Text Structures)

In English there are 3 basic text structures:

(1) Problem-Solution (2) General-Specific (3) Claim-Counterclaim

Often used in research journals Often used in descriptions Often used in newspapers/magazines Type A Type B Type A Type B

Situation General General Claim 1 Claim 1

Problem Specific 1 Specific Claim 2 Counterclaim 1

Response Specific 2 More specific Counterclaim 1 Claim 2

Evaluation General General Counterclaim 2 Counterclaim 2

Re-arrange the ‘Windows vs. Linux ’ text as a problem-solution text

A - The new Linux OS is receiving a lot of interest recently.

B - Windows is the most popular OS in the world today.

C - In the future, many users will probably change from Windows to Linux.

D - Many PC users are not happy with Windows.

Re-arrange the ‘Windows vs. Linux ’ problem as a general-specific text

E - Windows often suffers from system freezes or crashes

F - Windows and support for Windows is very expensive.

G - Windows requires vast amounts of RAM and hard disk space.

H - Many PC users are not happy with Windows

I - Windows 95 requires about 32MB of RAM to run effectively.

Combining the problem-solution text and the general-specific text gives:-

Windows is the most popular OS in the world today.

However, many PC users are not happy with Windows.

One of the main problems is that Windows often suffers from system freezes or crashes

It also requires vast amounts of RAM and hard disk space.

For example, Windows 95 requires about 32MB of RAM to run effectively.

Another problem is that Windows and support for Windows is very expensive.

Therefore, the new Linux OS is receiving a lot of interest recently.

In the future, I think many users will probably change from Windows to Linux.