141a/541a/PSYC327a Language and Computation
The computational study of natural language and the use of linguistic theories in applied
problems. Topics include finite state tools, computational morphology and phonology, grammar
and parsing, discourse models, machine translation, and language learning in children and
machines.
240a/640a Topics in Phonology: Variation
Seminar on variation in phonology and at the interfaces of phonology with phonetics and
morphology. Readings cover formal theories of cross-linguistic variation (typology), lexically-
conditioned variation, and free variation. Major themes include the formal characterization of
grammatical variation, the relationship between the grammar and lexicon, and the role of
frequency in phonological theory.