Wow, thanks for mentioning my blog! I got into this using "Natural Language Processing with Python", which is basically an intro textbook for NLP that uses NLTK

Wow, thanks for mentioning my blog! I got into this using "Natural Language Processing with Python", which is basically an intro textbook for NLP that uses NLTK. I particularly like that they include example exercises in each chapter, because it can be otherwise challenging to see how particular techniques are useful. https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Language-Processing-Python-Analyzing/dp/0596516495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478777763&sr=8-1&keywords=natural+language+processing+with+python https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Language-Processing-Python-An...