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Formal Approaches to Natural Language

2021/2022
Учебный год
ENG
Обучение ведется на английском языке
4
Кредиты
Кто читает:
Департамент социальных наук
Статус:
Курс обязательный
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

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 1st 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

  • analyzes and compares the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods of structural linguistics
  • analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of applying the modelling method in linguistics
  • compares ontological, methodological and value-based premises of the main paradigms in linguistics
  • describes a segment of speech using a syntactic formalism
  • uses syntactic models to solve problems of applied linguistics
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • General methodological problems in linguistics and the classification of methods
  • Modelling as a scientific method and the specifics of its application in linguistics. Classification of linguistic models.
  • Structural linguistics: emergence, main premises and methods
  • Overview of theories of formal syntax
  • Applied aspects of the formal modelling of natural language
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Online written test via MS Teams
  • non-blocking Participation in online seminars
  • non-blocking Oral exam via MS Teams
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 2nd module
    0.5 * Oral exam via MS Teams + 0.15 * Participation in online seminars + 0.35 * Online written test via MS Teams
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core 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
  • Clive Matthews. (2016). An Introduction to Natural Language Processing Through Prolog. Routledge.
  • Jurij D. Apresjan, & Dina B. Crockett. (2018). Principles and Methods in Contemporary Structural Linguistics: Vol. Reprint 2018. De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Mazziotta, N., & Imrényi, A. (2020). Aspects of the theory and history of dependency grammar.
  • Saumjan, S. K., & Miller, J. (2017). Principles of Structural Linguistics. De Gruyter Mouton.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • 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
  • Общая морфология : введение в проблематику, учебное пособие, 4-е изд., 383 с., Плунгян, В. А., 2012