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175-240 Computational Linguistics | |
Note | Available as 175-340 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Dr Dominique Estival |
Prerequisites | 175-241/341 Natural Language OR at least one core 2nd/3rd year linguistics subject. Students are encouraged to take 175-215/315 Formal Syntax beforehand or concurrently. |
Semester | 1 |
Contact | 3 hours of seminars a week |
Subject Description | A project-based introduction to techniques and issues in computational linguistics. Students who complete this subject should be able to: demonstrate familiarity with current frameworks for approaching the types of application covered in the subject, and the major historical developments leading up to them; demonstrate an awareness of the specific conceptual and practical issues and difficulties of the types of applications covered in the subject; design simple computer programs to solve the kinds of language processing problems considered in the subject. |
Assessment | Assignments, essays and projects, totalling 5000 words. |
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