LGCS124 PO - Corpus Linguistics

When Offered: Fall 2024.
Instructor(s): G. Bar-Sever
Credit: 1

Introduction to the use of large collections of computer-readable text (“corpora”) in linguistics and cognitive science as an increasingly important source of empirical information for both theoretical and applied study. Focus on computational text processing techniques and quantitative data analysis. Other topics include philosophical foundations; lexical resources; the WWW as corpus; and applications to stylistics, language teaching and sociolinguistics. No prior programming or statistics background required. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: LGCS 010 PO.

Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2