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Formal Approaches to Natural Language

2023/2024
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Delivered at:
School of Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
1 year, 2 module

Instructor

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course introduces students to the theoretical foundations and applied aspects of formal modeling in linguistics. The first part of the course is theoretical. It is meant to familiarize students with both linguistic and non-linguistics background with the general issues of linguistics methodology, the history and state-of-the-art of structural macro-paradigm in linguistics and the formal apparatus of linguistic analysis. The second, practice-oriented part of the course provides students with the applied skills of formal modeling in syntax. Students learn about the possibility of using formal modeling in machine learning, automated text analysis and corpus linguistics. The course is taught in the 2st module of the 1st year of studies. The skills obtained within the framework of the course are important prerequisites for such courses as 'Automated Analysis of Natural Language' and the research seminar 'Methodology and Research Methods in Applied Linguistics'.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The course aims to familiarise students with formal syntactic theories and applied techniques of modelling natural language
  • The course aims to help students develop an ability to apply the methods and techniques of formal modelling in their own research
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Describes a segment of speech using a syntactic formalism
  • Discusses the advantages and limitations of structural linguistics
  • Discusses the advantages and limitations of formal approaches to natural language
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • General methodological problems in linguistics. Internal and external factors paving the way for the development of formal approaches.
  • Structural linguistics: emergence, main premises and schools. Advantages and limitations of the structural approach.
  • Theories of formal syntax: dependency grammar, constituency grammar. Advantages and limitations of formal approaches.
  • N.Chomsky's transformational-generative grammar
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Written In-class Exam
  • non-blocking Attendance and Participation
  • non-blocking Oral Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 2nd module
    0.15 * Attendance and Participation + 0.5 * Oral Exam + 0.35 * Written In-class Exam
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Jurij D. Apresjan, & Dina B. Crockett. (2018). Principles and Methods in Contemporary Structural Linguistics: Vol. Reprint 2018. De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Введение в языкознание, учебное пособие, 13-е изд., стер., 229 с., Камчатнов, А. М., Николина, Н. А., 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Carnie, A. (2012). Syntax : A Generative Introduction (Vol. 3rd ed). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=531592
  • Saumjan, S. K., & Miller, J. (2017). Principles of Structural Linguistics. De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Введение в языкознание, учебник для академического бакалавриата, Нижегородский государственный университет им. Н. И. Лобачевского, 2-е изд., перераб. и доп., 494 с., Немченко, В. Н., 2016

Authors

  • MOROZOVA NATALIYA NIKOLAEVNA