Richter: Introduction to Computational Linguistics (WS 05/06)

General Information on the Course

• Course Description in the Kommentierte Vorlesungsverzeichnis
• Information Sheet (distributed in the first class meeting)
• Classes: Our class meets Wednesdays, 16ct-17.45 in Hörsaal 0.02 at the SfS. The course language is English.
• Office Hours: Mondays, 11.00-12.00, SfS, Room 2.17 (Email: f.richter@em.uni-frankfurt.de)
  

Slides

• 1st lecture, Nov. 2nd
• 2nd lecture, Nov. 9th
• 3rd lecture, Nov. 16th
• 4th lecture, Nov. 23rd
• 5th lecture, Nov. 30th
• 6th lecture, Dec. 21st
• 7th lecture, Jan. 11th
• 8th lecture, Jan. 18th
• 9th lecture, Jan. 25th
• 10th lecture, Feb. 1st; G. K. Pullum's latest Language Log on the infamous Eskimo snow vocabulary, or: a brief summary of how polysynthetic languages work
• 11th lecture, Feb. 8th

Files for van Noord's Finite-State Tool

• Simple regular expression with a,b,c
• Complex DFA example
• Introductory example of an NFA
• 3 examples from Karttunen, page 352: Figure 18.8-1, Figure 18.8-2, Figure 18.9
• Unconditional obligatory replacement of a by b

Electronically available Course Readings

• Turing (1950), Computing Machinery and Intelligence
• Searle (1980), Minds, Brains, and Programs

A few links

on linguistics

• at the SfS:
  • Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft
  • Fachschaft ASN

• at the Universität Tübingen:
  • The Library Catalogue
  • Sonderforschungsbereich 441 Linguistische Datenstrukturen

• elsewhere in the world:
  • The History of Mathematics Archive
  • The linguist list

on computational resources

• Introduction to UNIX at the SfS
• Emacs Beginner's HOWTO
• Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing