Computational Morphology

Aarne Ranta
European Master's Programme in Language and Communication Technologies 2012, 3.0 credits

26/3 some schedule adjustments; examples ZeroTel, ZeroRus

16/3/2012 revision of this web page for 2012

Material

The course will run 26 to 30 March in Malta, according to the following schedule:

date	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	title (preliminary)
Mon 26	C	C	C+	C+	-	C	-	-	-	Models and tools; using GF
Tue 27	-	C	C	C	-	-	-	-	-	Complex morphologies
Wed 28	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	C	C	Morphology-syntax interface
Thu 29	C	-	-	-	-	A	A	-	-	Finite state methods; using XFST
Fri 30	-	C	C	C	-	-	-	-	-	Lexicon building; starting projects

C = CS/ICS Basement Lab, A = CS & ICS Lab A, C+ = extra lecture in C

The numbers indicate starting times: 8 = 8:00-9:00, etc.

Aarne Ranta, lectures and supervision.

You can contact me by aarne at chalmers dot se.

Aarne Ranta, Grammatical Framework: Programming with Multilingual Grammars. CSLI Publications, 2011. Book web page

Kenneth Beesley and Lauri Karttunen, Finite State Morphology, CSLI Publications, 2003. Book web page

formalize morphological rules for natural languages
implement those rules on a computer
build morphological lexica
make morphology and lexicon interoperable with syntax and semantics
make morphology usable in NLP tasks such as machine translation and information retrieval

Assignment, individual agreement. Deadline end of semester.