<s>
Stochastic	B-General_Concept
semantic	I-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
approach	O
used	O
in	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
semantic	O
component	O
of	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
understanding	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
spontaneous	O
conversational	O
speech	O
among	O
different	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
spoken	O
language	B-General_Concept
understanding	I-General_Concept
the	O
fact	O
that	O
spoken	O
sentences	O
often	O
do	O
not	O
follow	O
the	O
grammar	O
of	O
a	O
language	O
and	O
involve	O
self-corrections	O
,	O
repetitions	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
irregularities	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
stochastic	O
semantic	O
has	O
been	O
suggested	O
as	O
a	O
natural	O
fit	O
to	O
achieve	O
robustness	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
noise	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
spontaneous	O
nature	O
of	O
spoken	O
language.	O
<	O
ref>R	O
.	O
</s>
