Readings |
Assignments, Tests and Grading |
Schedule and Handouts
Final questionaire
Instructor: | Jirka Hana |
e-mail: | FirstName.LastName@gmail.com |
Office: |
S 424, 4th floor, Malá Strana |
Office hours: |
by appointment |
My mailbox: |
S 408, 4th floor, Malá Strana |
Time & Place: |
Tue 10:40-12:10 in S1 (4th floor, Malá Strana) |
1 Description and objectives of the course
The course will help students to get familiar with fundamental features of human language, its structure and development, its place in the society, etc. Most topics will be addressed both from the perspective of traditional linguistics and from the formal perspective of mathematics and computer science.
2 Readings
Readings (when assigned) are to be read before class. Some of the readings will not be covered
in class, but homeworks and exams will assume that you have read them all.
3 Assignments, Tests and Grading
3.1 Homeworks
On some classes, a homework will be assigned. Unless specified otherwise, it will be due by the begining of
the the following class.
If it is reasonably easy to type it in a textprocesor, send it to me by e-mail as an attachment (use PDF, MS Word or plain text).
Otherwise you can email me a scan or bring it to class. Please write legibly.
When emailing, use the following subject "NPFL091 <YourFirstName>.<YourLastName> <AssignmentNumber>"
You can use English or Czech.
It is strongly suggested that you work on homeworks in groups of two or three people
(write who you worked with at the top of the page). However you have to write it up
individually, in your own words. The group is allowed to consult any source except other humans. Each
homework will be graded on a scale 0-100%. Incorrect answers are better than no answers.
3.2 Projects
You will create:
- a wikipedia-like article on a selected linguistic topic
- a wikipedia-like article on a selected NLP topic or a program processing some aspect of human language
For details see this page.
3.3 Exam
There will be an in-class final exam. You can bring and use any notes or literature, but you have to work on your own.
You can use English or Czech.
3.4 Active class participation
"Active participation" refers to
your comments and questions during class, your answers to my questions,
etc. I do not keep track of whether your answers, etc. are correct, but
simply whether or not you participate.
If you miss a class, it is your
responsibility to get reliable notes from a fellow student.
3.5 Grading
Homeworks |
0-30 |
Projects |
0-30 |
Final |
0-30 |
Active class participation |
0-10 |
Total: |
0-100 |
Grade |
Points |
1 |
90-100 |
2 |
76-89 |
3 |
60-75 |
4 |
0-59 |
4 Schedule and Handouts
The free Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files, can be downloaded here.
Date
| Topic
| Handout
| Homework due
| Reading
| Other
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2 March
| Introduction
| [pdf]
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9 March
| Phonetics
| [pdf]
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| Added links to websites
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16 March
| Phonetics/Phonology
| [pdf]
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23 March
| Morphology
| [pdf]
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30 March
| Morphology
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| Homework: [pdf]
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6 April
| Syntax
| [pdf], [pdf]
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13 April
| Syntax
| [pdf]
| hw [pdf]
| HPSG (sections 1-4.1)
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20 April
| Syntax
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27 April
| Semantics
| [pdf]
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| Hw given, due before grade can be given
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4 May
| Language and Mind
| [pdf]
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11 May
| Language Change
| [pdf]
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| Hw given, due before grade can be given
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18 May
| No Class
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