SUMMARY
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a 'theoretically motivated range of computational techniques for analyzing and representing naturally occurring texts at one or more levels of linguistic analysis for the purpose of achieving human-like language processing for a range of tasks or applications' (Liddy, 2001, p.1). NLP is an increasingly popular field of study nowadays. The applications of NLP are widespread. There are many applications made possible by NLP such as translation tools, speech recognition and transcription softwares, speech to text and text to speech applications, corpus tools, predictive text applications, and many more. These in return have contributed to the increase in the popularity of NLP itself, not only among academics but also among wider audiences who have benefited from it.