CSE 732: Computational Linguistics
Description
Computational techniques for understanding and producing natural language, investigating the structure and meaning of sentences and connected discourse. Symbolic and probabilistic techniques are discussed.
Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution, Prerequisites
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Level
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Credits
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Class Time Distribution
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Prerequisites
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UG |
4 |
3 cl |
630, 625 or Linguist 684.01, Linguist 201, or permission of instructor |
Quarters Offered
General Information, Exclusions, Cross-listings, etc.
Intended Learning Outcomes
For details of terminology see http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/syllabus-view.cgi?cgi_state=loexpl
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Master some current techniques for language processing.
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Master the application of symbolic and probabilistic data to language processing tasks.
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Be familiar with building interoperable components for a small language processing agent.
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Be familiar with the impact of context on language processing.
Representative Texts and Other Course Materials
Textbook(s) and other materials listed are representative only. Please visit or contact a campus-area bookstore before the term starts to determine the textbook(s) to be used in a particular section of the course.
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Speech and Language Processing - Daniel Jurafsky and James Martin
Representative Topics List
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Number of Hours
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Topic
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| 7 |
Course intro, POS tagging and parsing |
| 7 |
Semantic analysis, logical forms |
| 6 |
Supra-segmental processing: speech acts, rhetorical relations, contextual effects on meaning |
| 7 |
Generation |
| 3 |
Exams and review |
Representative Lab Assignments
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Part-of-speech labeling using a Brill tagger
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Build an Early chart parser
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Build a natural language generator
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Generate logical forms within a chart parser
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Perform agreement checking in a chart parser
Representative Grading Plan
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40% |
| Midterm |
25% |
| Final |
25% |
| Class Participation |
10% |
Relationship to BS-CSE Program Outcomes
For details see http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/syllabus-view.cgi?cgi_state=abet;SYLLABUS_ID=598
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Course Coordinator: Eric Fosler-Lussier
Last modified: 2008-02-01 10:19:03
