PLIN033 Algorithmic Description of Word Formation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 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 8:00–9:40 G13
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CJBB75
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 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
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Course objectives
The goal is to practise the usage of linguistic software tools (Deriv and Morfio). The computer software allows systematic analysis of word formation.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- formulate word derivation rules for Czech;
- test accuracy of the rules using Morfio and Deriv tools;
- optimize the rules.
Syllabus
  • 1. Deriv – tool for testing automatic derivation for Czech.
  • 2. Morfio – tool for testing derivation relations in Corpora.
  • 3. Over and Under Generation - two problems of NLP.
  • 4. Algorithmic description of Verbal Nouns.
  • 5. Algorithmic description of Deverbative Nouns derived from the Verb Form.
  • 6. Algorithmic description of Deverbative Nouns (Stem Derivation).
  • 7. Algorithmic description of Deverbative Nouns (Root Derivation).
  • 8. Algorithmic description of Deverbative Adjectives derived from the Verb Form.
  • 9. Algorithmic description of Deverbative Adjectives (Stem Derivation).
  • 10. Algorithmic description of Deverbative Adjectives (Root Derivation).
Literature
    required literature
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Klára. Morfologie českého slovesa a tvoření deverbativ jako problém strojové analýzy češtiny (The Morphology of the Czech Verb and Verb Derived Nouns and Adjectives as a Problem of the Formal Description and Automatic Analysis of the Czech Language). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 220 pp. Spisy FF MU v Brně ; 401. ISBN 978-80-210-5565-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • Program Morfio dostupný z http://morfio.korpus.cz/.
  • ŠMERK, P.: Deriv http://deb.fi.muni.cz/deriv/deriv.cgi
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Klára. Korpus jako zdroj dat pro studium slovotvorby (Corpus as a Source of Word-formation Analysis). In Vladimír Petkevič, Alexandr Rosen. Korpusová lingvistika Praha 2011 3. Gramatika a značkování korpusů. 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny, 2011, p. 10-23. ISBN 978-80-7422-116-3. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Klára. Algoritmický popis české formální morfologie a strojový slovník češtiny. 1996, 161 s. info
Teaching methods
Exercise, a homework, and follow-up class discussion, project.
Assessment methods
Seminar; final project (5-10 pages). Test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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