LING 6424 - Computational Linguistics I

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: Elementary Python (CS 1133 will suffice), LING 1101 or CS 2800 or PHIL 2310. Prerequisites for CS Majors: Elementary Python and CS 2800. Co-meets with COGST 4240/CS 4744/LING 4424.

M. Rooth.

Computational models of natural languages. Topics are drawn from: tree syntax and context free grammar, finite state generative morphophonology, feature structure grammars, logical semantics, tabular parsing, Hidden Markov models, categorial and minimalist grammars, text corpora, information-theoretic sentence processing, discourse relations, and pronominal coreference.