LIN6932 Topics in Computational Linguistics

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LIN6932 Topics in Computational Linguistics

• Lecture 11
• Hana Filip

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Outline

• Computer-Aided Language Instruction
• Text Computer Tools Software
• Computer-Assisted Instruction
• And some other links to research sites

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Computer-Aided Language Instruction

• Computer Aided Language Learning
• http//www.icsi.berkeley.edu/gelbart/call/

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Computer-Aided Language Instruction

• Computer Aided Language Instruction Group
• http//cali.arizona.edu/docs/overview/over.htm
• (Windows platforms)
• Journal Language Learning Technology
• http//llt.msu.edu/default.html

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Computer-Aided Language Instruction

• ESL/EFL Computer Resources
• http//www.1-language.com/
• forums, realtime chat, grammar, writing,
  interactive quizzes and games, flashcards,
  phonetics, streaming audio materials,
  multi-lingual content, etc.
• http//www.eslgold.com/
• hundreds of pages of free resources for both
  students and teachers
• allows students to practice their English
  language skills in many ways
• see, hear, and say words in English
• grammar, listening, or reading,
• explanations, examples, and exercises
• quiz section
• conversation practice, etc.

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Computer-Aided Language Instruction

• Learning Languages other than English
• http//www.polyglot-learn-language.com/
• POLYGLOT non profit community dedicated to
  language exchange
• http//www.verbathon.com/
• language teaching method for Spanish, French, and
  Germann, focuses on verbs

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Computer-Aided Language Instruction

• Language Technology Software Review site
• http//www.geocities.com/langtecheval/
• Many other resources - constantly updated
• http//linguistlist.org/search/search-all-res4.
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Text Computer Tools Software

• http//linguistlist.org/sp/Software.html
• continually updated list with many resources
  for a variety of platforms

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Text Computer Tools Software

• Some examples
• http//www2.parc.com/isl/groups/nltt/xle/
• XLE algorithms for parsing and generating
  Lexical Functional Grammars (LFGs) along with a
  graphical user interface for writing and
  debugging such grammars. It is the basis for the
  Parallel Grammar Project at Xerox Parc, which is
  developing industrial-strength grammars for
  English, French, German, Norwegian, Japanese, and
  Urdu. XLE is written in C, it runs on Solaris
  Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X.
• http//www.topicalizer.com/process/
• The tool for topic extraction, text analysis
  and abstract generation

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Text Computer Tools Software

• Some examples
• http//www.gmi.org/wlms/
• Global Mapping International
• World Language Mapping System
• Language points and area data for Geographic
  Information Systems

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Computer-Assisted Instruction

• Example Formal Semantics
• Chris Barker
• http//homepages.nyu.edu/cb125/
• Lambda tutorial
• http//homepages.nyu.edu/cb125/Lambda/
• Iota and Jot the simplest non-trivial languages
  possible?
• http//ling.ucsd.edu/barker/Iota/
• How many syllables in English?
• http//ling.ucsd.edu/7Ebarker/Syllables/index.tx
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Computer-Assisted Instruction

• Tools for a working linguist
• William Poser
• http//billposer.org/
• Computational Methods for Linguistic Research
• http//www.billposer.org/Linguistics/Computation/
  index.html
• Software
• http//www.billposer.org/software.html
• Poor Man's Web Dictionary
• http//www.billposer.org/Software/pmwd/intro.htm

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NLP/CL research

• FrameNet
• http//framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/
• VerbNet
• http//verbs.colorado.edu/mpalmer/projects/verbn
  et.html
• PropBank
• http//www.cis.upenn.edu/josephr/TIDES/index.html
  lexicon
• Overview of Propbank project with annotator
  guidelines
• http//www.cis.upenn.edu/ace
• Dan Gildea
• http//www.cs.rochester.edu/gildea/
• Stanford NLP Group
• http//nlp.stanford.edu/
• Xerox Parc
• http//www.parc.xerox.com/