BA (Human Language Technology)
Human Language Technology is a relatively new discipline that investigates
two main issues. On the one hand it explores the theoretical and
practical issues surrounding the ability to get technology, especially
modern information communications technology (ICT), to interact
with humans using natural language capabilities. On the other hand,
it is a discipline that investigates how technologies, especially
ICTs, can serve as useful adjuncts to humans in language understanding,
including analysis, processing, storage and retrieval. This investigation
could lead to practical applications, including the design of online
learning environments for language learning and multilingual retrieval
for automatic translation.
Some of the objectives of the proposed programme are:
- to give students a perspective of how technology relates to
human language processing;
- to understand how information communications technology has
been applied to different aspects of Linguistics and human language
processing; and to what effect;
- to critically evaluate the role of technology in human language
processing; and
- to examine the range of opportunities available to different
professionals regarding the application of technology in human
language processing.
Students majoring in HLT must take LING1001 Introduction
to Linguistics, and preferably also LING1002 Language.com:Language
in the contemporary world or LING1003 Language,
Thought, and Culture in their first year. They must also
take LING2004 Phonetics: Describing Sounds and
LING2050 Grammatical Description normally in their
second year and LING3003 Linguistics Field Trip
in their third year. In addition, they must take a minimum of 30
credits in their second and third year of study from the following
list of courses.
Students may seek permission to replace an HLT course with another
relevant course in the department should there be staffing or timetabling
problems. Students in the third year can take second year courses,
if necessary.
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