Course ID: | LING 6570. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Applied Natural Language Processing |
Course Description: | Computer processing of human languages, intended for linguists with a variable amount of previous computer experience. Emphasis is on use of existing software rather than programming. |
Oasis Title: | APP NAT LANG PROC |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in CSCI(LING) 8570 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | At the end of the course, students will understand the basic principles of computer
processing of human languages and will be able to use existing software designed
for such processing, to apply the software to specific linguistic projects, and to
use natural language processing terminology correctly. |
Topical Outline: | The choice and sequencing of topics will vary from instructor to instructor and from
semester to semester. Topics will include readings in and practical applications of
such technologies as parsing, text analysis, speech synthesis and recognition, docu-
ment design, and typesetting. Topics may include introduction to programming in a
language such as Python. |
Honor Code Reference: | Students in this course are expected to be familiar with and adhere to the Univer-
sity of Georgia policy on academic honesty, according to which all violations of
academic honesty will be handled. Students may participate in graded group projects
at the instructor's discretion. |