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By the end of this module you should be able to:
1. Appreciate the principles and technologies that underpin speech and language based applications;
2. Describe the main characteristics of knowledge-based and data-driven approaches and the role they play in applied linguistics and Computer Science in their broadest sense;
3. Explain the workings of the various computational models presented in the module and how they can be applied in practical applications and to process specific examples;
4. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of computational toolkits used in speech and language processing;
5. Recognise and reflect on the relationship between the underlying theories and start-of-the-art research.
Evolution of human language technologies
Human language fundamentals (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics)
Key concepts in the processing of text and speech
-- syntactic parsing
-- text processing
-- computational models of morphology
-- computational models of phonology
-- language modelling
-- speech recognition
-- speech synthesis
Practical workshops with group challenges (using NLTK and other tools)
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 16 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 8 |
Specified Learning Activities | 25 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 66 |
Total | 115 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Assignment on Practical Aspects of Module | Week 10 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Continuous Assessment: Group challenges in workshops | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Essay: Research report on a particular aspect of human language technologies | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Assignment: Assignment on Practical Aspects of Module | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Detailed written feedback will be provided post-assessment for the 2 assignments within 2 weeks of submission and for the research report at the time the provisional results are released. Oral group/class feedback will provided on the group challenges at workshops.