Teaching Team


Office Hours

  • Dr. Hsieh, Friday 17:00 - 18:00.

Class Times and Location


Lectures

  • Fridays, 14:00-16:00 in R305, LeXue Building.

Tutorials and Labs

  • Fridays, 16:10-17:00 in R305, LeXue Building.


Course Description


Linguistic semantics is the study of meaning as conveyed via language.It is also the key to the nature of communication, and one of the most challenging parts of current AI-NLP related research. This course is designed for advanced graduate linguistic students, which focuses on the computational treatments of meaning-related topics. Topics covered will be mainly on the formal representations from different perspectives, as well as their computational implementations. By the end of this course, you should be able to apply and evaluate computational methods in semantic studies.

Course Websites


Course Assignment Calendar

  • Assignment #1:
  • Assignment #2:
  • Assignment #3:


Computing and Prerequisites


The course will use Python 3 and Markdown for assignments; Prerequisites: Introduction to Semantics; Essential Python.

It is noted that this course is meant to be a (semi-) flipped class with much of the material online. Most of the contents are video-recorded, and you should watch them at home. Please also read the provided materials ahead of the lecture and come prepared with your questions, comments and critiques.

Optional Course Textbooks


References (Semantics)

  • John I. Saeed. Semantics. (2003). Blackwell Publishers; 2nd edition.
  • M. Lynne Murphy. (2010). Lexical Meaning. Cambridge University Press.
  • B. Levin. (1993). English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation. Chicago:University of Chicago Press.
  • J. Pustejovsky. (1996). The Generative Lexicon. The MIT Press.


References (Computation)

  • Dan Jurafsky and Jim Martin. Speech and Language Processing.(3rd).
  • Bender and Lascarides (2019). Linguistic Foundamentals for Natural Language Processing II: 100 Essentials from Semantics and Pragmatics. Morgan & Claypool Publishers.


Evaluation

Evaluation Percentage of Final Grade
Class participation 10%
Tutorial Assignments 10%
Assignment 1 10%
Assignment 2 10%
Assignment 3 10%
Term project 50%


Course Policies


Missed Tests or Assignments

  • If a test or tutorial work is missed for a valid medical reason, you must submit the University Verification of Student Illness or Injury form within one week. Submit the form to instructors if it is related to the test. The form will only be accepted as valid if the form is filled out according to the instructions on the form.

  • The late penalties for submitting a completed assignment are: 10% if the assignment is submitted within 24 hours of the due date; 30% if the assignment is submitted within 48 hours of the due date; and 100% if the assignment is submitted after 48 hours.

  • Other reasons for missing an assignment, tutorial work, or the project presentation will require prior approval by your instructors. If prior approval is not received for non-medical reasons then you will receive a grade of zero for the missed assignment, tutorial work, or test.


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