12.3005, FYI: Clinical Linguistics, Parsing Program Demo

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Subject: 12.3005, FYI: Clinical Linguistics, Parsing Program Demo

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1)
Date:  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:23:42 +0100
From:  "Roelien Bastiaanse" <Y.R.M.Bastiaanse at let.rug.nl>
Subject:  european master's in clinical linguistics

2)
Date:  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:14:45 -0500
From:  "Clayton Darwin" <cdarwin at arches.uga.edu>
Subject:  NLP for Intro to Linguistics

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Date:  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:23:42 +0100
From:  "Roelien Bastiaanse" <Y.R.M.Bastiaanse at let.rug.nl>
Subject:  european master's in clinical linguistics

The European Master's in Clinical Linguistics (EMCL) is a university
programme at advanced level (Master's type) in Clinical Linguistics,
providing an integrated training in both neurolinguistic theory and
clinical methods. Students with a background in linguistics or
psychology will become acquainted with the clinical situation, so
that they will be able to develop better assessment and treatment
materials. Speech and Language pathologists who follow this
programme will acquire more knowledge about theoretical
background of the langauge disorders and the relation between
language and the brain. It is envisaged that a certain cross-
fertilisation will take place as well, as a result of which speech and
language pathologists will contribute to the development of material
or tests, while students with a more theoretical background get
involved in clinical activities.

The programme comprises three terms and reflects the European
character of the EMCL. In the first term, the student will study at
his/her 'home university', i.e. the university where s/he is registered
for the EMCL. This term is similar at the participating institutions
and will consist of a number of core courses. During the second or
third term, the student should go to one of the other universities
sponsored by the European Union under Socrates, to do
specialised courses; the remaining term will be used for research
classes and is done at the home university again. Finally, the
student will write an MA-thesis and attend a summerschool or a
conference to finish the programme.
The Board-of-Studies consists of members of the participating
institution, i.e. the universities of Groningen (NL), Joensuu (FI),
Newcastle (UK), Oslo (N), Potsdam (D), Reading (UK) and Milan
(IT). In 2002-2003 the programme wille be ran at the universities of
Groningen (NL0 and Potsdam (D). All courses will be taught in
English. The deadline for sending in an application form is 1st of
March 2002.

For more information see our homepage:
http://www.let.rug.nl/emcl/
e-mail: emcl at let.rug.nl
Information packages (including an application form) will be available
from December 2001.
Prof. Dr. Roelien Bastiaanse
University of Groningen, Dept. Linguistics
PO Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen
The Netherlands
phone: +31 50 363 5558/5858 (secr)
fax:   +31 50 363 6855


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Date:  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:14:45 -0500
From:  "Clayton Darwin" <cdarwin at arches.uga.edu>
Subject:  NLP for Intro to Linguistics

Hi all,

I've been working on a parser for introducing students (and instructors)
to NLP.  It is now running on the web and ready to be used at:
http://ais.ai.uga.edu/cdarwin/index.html
I would appreciate folks trying it out and letting me know what you think
(good or bad).  Below is a little introduction to give you an idea of what it can do.

Thanks,
Clayton Darwin
Linguistics Program
University of Georgia


Introduction: This is a web demonstration version of the SPARSE II
parsing program. SPARSE II (Student PARSing Environment) is a parsing
program intended to be used as a pedagogical tool to help syntax
students grasp the complexity of natural-language grammars and to begin
developing their own models. It provides a true introduction to Natural
Language Processing without requiring familiarity with Lisp or Prolog.
The key feature of SPARSE II is that grammar rules are not integrated
into the program: they are supplied by the user. This means that there
is no underlying theoretical model in the program; it simply parses what
it can with the rules available. The user is free to implement the rules
according to any framework. For the more advanced user, SPARSE II is a
stable platform for testing experimental grammars. The parse algorithm
used by SPARSE II returns all possible parses (the web version is
limited to 10), handles left recursion, optional elements and null
constituents, provides feature unification using GULP notation, and
displays parse trees. You can download SPARSE II to use offline if you
like (it's much faster).

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