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LevelComputational Linguistics (B-KUL-F0AR3A)
Van Eynde Frank (coordinator) |
Van Eynde Frank |
Vandeghinste Vincent
(substitute)
POC Taal- en letterkunde
Aims
Introducing the students into the possiblities and methods of automatic language processing, both from a theoretical and a practical point of view
Previous knowledge
- familiarity with the basic notions of general linguistics
- some familiarity with the use of operating and word processing systems
- sufficient knowledge of English to understand literature in this language
Course material
Slides, transparencies, courseware
Articles and literature
Is also included in other courses
- Preparatory Programme: Master of Linguistics 24 ects.
- Preparatory Programme: Master of Linguistics and Literature 32 ects.
- Preparatory Programme: Master of Linguistics 20 ects.
- Preparatory Programme: Master of Linguistics and Literature 32 ects.
- Bachelor of Linguistics and Literature (Specialization Module General Linguistics) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Language and Area Studies: Arabic and Islamic Studies (Minor Language, Culture, History and Society) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Linguistics and Literature (Abridged Programme for Professional Bachelors of Education: Secondary Education) (Specialization Module General Linguistics) 85 ects.
Activities
4.0 ects. Computational Linguistics (B-KUL-F0AR3a)
Van Eynde Frank |
Vandeghinste Vincent
(substitute)
POC Taal- en letterkunde
Content
The course covers the following topics:
- Possibilities and limitations of language and speech technology
- Regular languages and finite state automata
- Computational morphology
- Part of speech tagging and lemmatization
- Electronic corpora
- Contextfree grammars and parsing
Part of the course consists of a practicum in which the students acquire hands-on experience with natural language processing, writing simple programs in Perl.
Evaluation
Evaluation : Computational linguistics (B-KUL-F2AR3a)
Mode of evaluation
:
Written
Category
:
continuous evaluation
Type of evaluation
:
Take-Home, Assessment exercises
