CJBB85 Linguistic Software

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Audy Masopustová (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Hlaváčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Machura, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Helena Medková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Mrkývka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Adriana Válková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 G13
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
Course objectives
The course is focused on possibilities provided to linguists by specialized computer software, especially in the spheres of morphology and word-formation. Students work with software which has been created at Faculty of Informatics MU above all. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to acquire the basic knowledges of NLP; to familiarize with linguistics software; to learn how to use and exploit the tools; to work with the select tools in course works.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- orient themself in the field of natural language processing,
- know the tools used for processing Czech, and to use them,
- choose the appropriate tool to handle a particular task.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, websites for linguists, NLP laboratories.
  • 2. Dictionary Editor and Browser DebDict, translating dictionary Metatrans.
  • 3. Corpora, corpus manager Bonito 2, Word Sketches.
  • 4. Morphological analyzer AJKA, Derivational interface.
  • 5. Syntactic analysis, KLARA, PDTB, SYNT.
  • 6. Semantic net WordNet.
  • 7. Valency databases Vallex, VerbaLex.
  • 8. Course work.
Literature
  • SMRŽ, Pavel and Karel PALA. Elektronická podoba SSJČ (Electronic Version of SSJČ). 2001. URL info
  • HORÁK, Aleš, Karel PALA, Adam RAMBOUSEK and Albena RANGELOVA. Nové nástroje pro českou lexikografii - DEB2 (New Tools for Czech Lexicography - DEBII Platform). In Sborník konference Grammar & Corpora 2005. 2006th ed. Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd ČR, 2006, p. 190-196. ISBN 80-86496-32-5. info
  • Studie z korpusové lingvistiky. Edited by František Čermák - Jana Klímová - Vladimír Petkevič. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2000, 531 s. ISBN 807184893X. info
  • PALA, Karel and Pavel ŠEVEČEK. Česká lexikální databáze typu WordNet (v rámci projektu EuroWordNet-2) (Czech Lexical Database of the WordNet Type (within EuroWordNet-2)). Sborník prací filosofické fakulty brněnské university. Brno: MU Brno, 1999, vol. 1999, A 47, p. 51-64. ISSN 0231-7567. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, practical software illustration, computer work.
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminar, course work - language data anotation with computer tools.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, 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, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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