CJBB105 Introduction in Corpus Linguistics - lecture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Klára Osolsobě, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Klára Osolsobě, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:10–14:55 U4
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give the first information about corpus-based approach to language and linguistics. Following issues are to be discussed: 1) Corpus linguistics - history 2) What is a corpus and what is in it? 3) Quantitative data 4) The use of corpora in language studies 5) Corpora and computational linguistics 6) Corpus managers 7) Part of speech analysis and tagging of a corpus 8) Czech national corpus 9) Corpora at MU.
Syllabus
  • 1. Corpus Linguistics - History (ÚČNK) 2. Building Corpora 3. Corpora of ČNK 4. Automatical Morphological Analysis (tokenization, tagging, disambiguation) 5. Some problems of Automatical Morphological Analysis 6. Spoken Language Corpora 7. Corpus of Private Corespondence 8. Corpus Manager 9. Quantitative Data 10. Diachrony and Corpora
Literature
  • Čermák F, Blatná R. (eds.) (1995): Manuál lexikografie. Jinočany : H&H.
  • http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pdt2.0/index-cz.html
  • Čermák F., Králík J., Kučera K. (1997): Recepce současné češtiny a reprezentativnost korpusu (Výsledky a některé souvislosti jedné orientační sondy na pozadí budování Českého národního korpusu). SaS, 58, 2, s. 118-124.
  • Čermák František (1999): Oxfordská lexikografie přechází také plně na korpus. Slovo a slovesnost, 60, s. 136-141.
  • http://ucnk.ff.cuni.cz/
  • Čermák, F.: Jazykový korpus: Prostředek a zdroj poznání. SaS, 56, 1995, s. 119-140.
  • Encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2002, 604 s. ISBN 80-7106-484-X. info
  • Studie z korpusové lingvistiky. Edited by František Čermák - Jana Klímová - Vladimír Petkevič. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2000, 531 s. ISBN 807184893X. info
  • MCENERY, Tony and Andrew WILSON. Corpus linguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996, 209 s. ISBN 0-7486-0482-0. info
  • BARNBROOK, Geoff. Language and computers :a practical introduction to the computer analysis of language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996, ix, 209 s. ISBN 0-7486-0785-4. info
Teaching methods
A lecture with corpora and corpora tools presentation. Homereading.
Assessment methods
Colloquium. Written test: terminology, definitions - (knowledge of texts for homereading). The test will contain ten questions (minimum pass level 66,6 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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