摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device capable of dividing a sentence into words without depending upon a dictionary. SOLUTION: The sentence division device for dividing text data into words is provided with a text storage means 102 for storing text data, a word processing knowledge storage means 107 for storing pattern information for word extraction and sentence division and a word extraction means 103 for extracting a word from the text data stored in the means 102 by applying the pattern information. The device is also provided with a word storage means 104 for storing the extracted word, a word detection means 105 for detecting respective locations of the text data using the extracted word, and a sentence division means 106 for dividing the text data into words on the basis of the detected locations of the word on the text data and a new sentence dividing position found out by applying the pattern information of sentence division based on the locations of the word. Consequently a sentence can be divided into words without using a dictionary. |