Computational Models of Syntax

Graduate / Professional

Computational techniques for representing the syntax of natural language. Theoretical issues such as formal expressiveness and appropriateness for linguistic description. Parsing complexity, algorithms for grammar learning, and other applied problems in the construction of natural-language processing systems. Minimalist, categorial, tree-adjoining, and dependency grammars. Prerequisite: LING 624a or 627b or permission of the instructor. MW 11:35am-12:50pm