Course: Linguistic Applications

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Course title Linguistic Applications
Course code KOL/92ALA
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Matlach Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lesch Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zámečník Hadwiger Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
(1) Science and philosophy of language: 1. Rosenberg, A.: Why Philosophy of Science? In: Philosophy of Science. New York: Routledge, 2005, p. 1-18. 2. Schlick, M.: The Foundation of Knowledge. In: Ayer, A. J. (ed.): Logical Positivism. Toronto, 1959, p. 209-227. (2) Explanations and predictions: 3. Hempel, C. G.: Studie z logiky vysvětlení. In: Kuchár a kol. (eds.): Filosofie vědy, p. 189-213. 4. Achinstein, P.: Explanation v. Prediction: Which Carries More Weight? In: Curd, M., Cover, J.A.: Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998, p. 481-493. (3) Theory and model: 5. van Fraassen, Bas C.: Arguments Concerning Scientific Realism. In: Curd, M., Cover, J.A.: Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998, p. 1064-1087. 6. Giere, R.N.: Scientific Theorizing. In: Scientific Perspectivism. The University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 59-95. (4) Development of science: 7. Popper, K. R.: Přehled některých základních problémů. In: Logika vědeckého zkoumání. Praha, 1995, p. 3-28. 8. Kuhn, T. S.: Struktura vědeckých revolucí. Praha, 2008. 9. Lakatos, I.: Science and Pseudoscience. In: Curd, M., Cover, J.A.: Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998, p. 20-26. (5) Revision of holism in philosophy of science: 10. Quine, W., v. O.: Ohlédnutí za dvěma dogmaty. In: Marvan, T., Dostálová, L. (eds.): Vybrané články k ontologii a epistemologii. Plzeň, 2006, p. 108-120. 11. Laudan, L.: Dissecting the Holist Picture of Scientific Change. In: Curd, M., Cover, J.A.: Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998, p. 139-169. (6) Science and society: 12. Longino, H. E.: Values and Objectivity. In: Curd, M., Cover, J.A.: Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998, p. 170-191. 13. Okruhlik, K.: Gender and the Biological Sciences. In: Curd, M., Cover, J.A.: Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998, p. 192-209.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
1. Linguistic applications - introduction to the problem natural language modelling yesterday, today (and tomorrow) basic approaches, tools, data overview categorisation of applications 2. Speech recognition - speech recognition: dialogue systems: speaker dependent / speaker independent ELIZA and related, talking heads, avatars Senior Companion - Czech speaking humanoid Petra telematics (navigation etc.) realtime voice writing and speech synthesis (text-to-speech) computers for the blind etc. spoken language archives 3. Language recognition: language correctors n-gram models and their use: recognition of specific languages spam recognition machine translation word-based, phrase-based statistical, rule-based, hybrid approach corpora, treebanks + search tools comparison of translators 4. Information extraction: Internet search engines attitudinal analysis discourse analysis automatic summarisation named entity recognition question-answering 5. Forensic linguistics and stylometry: Cyberbullying and trolling detection automatic administration of internet discussions, etc. + possibly neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic applications, second language acquisition applications, etc.
Knowledge of problems of philosophy of science and the related terminology
Prerequisites
For doctoral students only.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

(1) Regular attendance (2) Regular preparation / required reading (3) Written essay
Recommended literature
  • Curd, M. - Cover, J. A. (1998). Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. New York.
  • Fajkus, B. (2005). Filosofie a metodologie vědy - vývoj, současnost a perspektivy.. Praha: Academia.
  • Giere, R. N. (2009). Science Without Laws. Chicago.
  • Ochrana, F. (2009). Metodologie vědy. Praha.
  • Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Science. .
  • Rosenberg, A. (2008). Philosophy of Social Science. New York and London.
  • Van Fraassen, B. C. (2002). The Empirical Stance. Boston.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Linguistics and Digital Humanities (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Linguistics and Digital Humanities (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -