(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong

150(II) MINOR IN GENERAL LINGUISTICSA minor in General Linguistics shall consist of LING1000, 2 Introductory courses and 3 Advancedcourses from the programme, totaling 36 credits. As a prerequisite, students are required to passLING1000.(III) MAJOR IN HUMAN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGYWhat is Human Language Technology?Human Language Technology (HLT) 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 gettechnology, especially modern information communications technology (ICT), to interact withhumans using natural language capabilities. On the other hand, it is a discipline that investigates howtechnologies, especially ICTs, can serve as useful adjuncts to humans in language understanding,including analysis, processing, storage and retrieval. This investigation could lead to practicalapplications, including the design of online learning environments for language learning andmultilingual retrieval for automatic translation.Aims and Objectives:The following are some of the objectives of the proposed programme: (1) to give students aperspective of how technology relates to human language processing; (2) to understand howinformation communications technology has been applied to different aspects of Linguistics andhuman language processing and to what effect; (3) to critically evaluate the role of technology inhuman language processing; and (4) to examine the range of opportunities available to differentprofessionals regarding the application of technology in human language processing.Components of the Programme:Students majoring in HLT are required to complete a prerequisite course (LING1000) and 12 creditsof introductory courses from any Arts programme(s) in the first year, and 54 credits of the programmein the subsequent years. These 54 credits consist of 12 credits of core courses (LING2004 ANDLING2050) normally taken in the second year, a 6-credit capstone course (LING4001 OR LING4002OR LING4003) taken in the third or fourth year, and 36 credits of advanced courses listed below:Advanced Linguistics courses for HLT Major:LING3101LING3103LING3111LING3112LING3118LING3127LING3130LING3132LING3141Computational linguistics (6 credits)Semantics: meaning and grammar (6 credits)Language and literacy in the information age (6 credits)Experimental phonetics (6 credits)Lexical-functional grammar (6 credits)Phonology: An introduction to the study of sound systems (6 credits)Morphological theory (6 credits)Syntactic theory (6 credits)Language and information technology (6 credits)