Computational Approaches to Creative Language (SS 2010)
| What? | Seminar: Computational Linguistics (Bachelor and MSc) |
| Who? | Caroline Sporleder (csporled AT coli) |
| When? | Tuesdays 14:15-15:45 |
| Where? | Geb. C7.1, Konferenzraum 2.11 |
Summary
Everyday language is full of creative and non-literally used expressions. Competent language users frequently use idioms, metaphors, irony, puns or coin neologisms. Creativity allows speakers to bring their ideas across more effectively by encouraging readers to make novel connections. Creative language can be used to put an emphasis on specific points, create interest or for humorous effects. While humans normally have little problems with interpreting creative language, creativity poses huge challenges for natural language processing applications.
In this course, we will look at different types of linguistic creativity and at how these can be modelled computationally in language processing and generation. Possible topics include: identification of non-literal expressions (idioms, metaphors), dealing with neologisms and metonomy, computationally generated humor and poetry, detecting irony and sarcasm.
Scheine
- Hauptseminar/Seminar (MSc): class presentation (30-40 minutes), term paper (about 20 pages)
- als Hauptseminar im B.Sc.: Regelstudienzeit 6. Semester
- as seminar in M.Sc. Programm
- als Hauptseminar/Seminar(M.Sc.) 7 LP