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Master en linguistique, à finalité spécialisée en ingénierie linguistique (Master of Linguistics, leading to specialisation in Linguistic Engineering) [LING2MS]
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Programme management

CLIG Commission de gestion des diplômes en linguistique

Responsable académique : Cédrick Fairon

Tél. 010473788

Contact : Annie Troost

Tél. 010474940
troost@germ.ucl.ac.be

Study objectives

The Master's programme in Linguistics aims to provide the students with in-depth training in General and Applied Linguistics. It offers a vast choice from among numerous specialisations. The programme gives an excellent basis for students who are interested in scientific and linguistic research. In addition, this master can likewise orientate the students towards professions in the domains of linguistic engineering, written and oral communication, dictionary work and specialised terminology etc.

The targeted specialisation in Linguistics Engineering is the fruit of a collaboration with the following institutions : FUNDP (Namur), FPMs (Mons), and KULeuven. It aims to train the students in the methods and concepts essential for the automatic processing of a natural language (written and oral) while enabling them to acquire and deepen the computer knowledge necessary in this domain. This line of studies opens up access to the job market of language industries (processing of intelligent texts, man-machine vocal/textual interfaces, help tools for the management and translation of documents, documentary navigation, educational soft-ware, electronic dictionaries and grammar books, etc) or paves the way for doctoral research.

Complementary Information :
http://ling.fltr.ucl.ac.be/form/master/geli/

Admission conditions

Subject to the conditions fixed by the Faculty authorities, access to this programme is granted to university graduates or to students who have enrolled for their last year of undergraduate studies. In the case of the latter, the master's degree can only be obtained after the awwarding of the bachelor's degree .

Admission procedures

The University admission and enrolment procedures are detailed under the section heading "General Information" on the WEB page :
http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/programme.html

General structure of the programme

This two year programme consists of :

  • a core syllabus (60 credits) including an introduction to linguistics courses (32 credits), a thesis and a period of work experience (28 credits);
  • a specialisation (30 credits) in Linguistics Engineering ;
  • an option (30 credits) related to the specialisation.

Dispensations may be granted for candidates who manage to have their equivalences validated.

Programme content

A.- Core syllabus (32 credits)

Introduction to General Linguistics

FLTR2270

General linguistics : semantics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Elisabeth Degand

or

CLIG2120

Linguistic semantics and general semiotics[30h] (4.5 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

CLIG2190

Introduction to the quantitative analysis of linguistic data[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Cédrick Fairon

FLTR2620

Natural language processing[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Cédrick Fairon

ESPO2102

Statistics[30h+15h] (5 credits) (in French)

Dominique Deprins

ROM2371

Seminar: French Linguistics I[15h] (3 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Michel Francard, Anne-Catherine Simon

ROM2140

French Linguistics : general issues in syntax[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Anne-Catherine Simon

ROM2170

French Linguistics : further issues in Lexicology[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jean Klein

FILO2220

Philosophy of language[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Marcel Crabbé

B. Specialisation in Linguistics Engineering (30 credits)

Module 1 : Computer Studies (15 credits)

LINF2121

Algorithmics and data structures[30h+30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Pierre Dupont (coord.), Baudouin Le Charlier, Kim Mens

LINF2125

Projet de programmation : application de gestion[0h+60h] (5 credits) (in French)

Marco Saerens

INGI2271

Database management systems[30h+30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Alain Pirotte (coord.), Marco Saerens

Module 2 : Automatic Language processing (15 credits)

FLTR2630

Introduction to automatic text processing[30h] (6 credits) (in French)

Cédrick Fairon

GELI2009

Panorama des applications de l'ingénierie linguistique[30h] (5 credits) (in French)

N.

GELI2003

Introduction aux méthodes et concepts essentiels d'ingénierie linguistique (cours FUNDP : INFO 2327)[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

N.

GELI2005

Introduction au traitement de la parole (cours FPMS)[15h] (3 credits) (in French)

N.

C. Option (30 credits)

The first four courses are compulsory for students who have not followed any equivalent tuition :

SINF1150A

Introduction à l'algorithmique et programmation A[30h+30h] (6 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Baudouin Le Charlier

SINF1150B

Introduction à l'algorithmique et programmation B[30h+30h] (6 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Baudouin Le Charlier

GETI2101

Information systems analysis and design[65h] (7.5 credits) (in French)

Manuel Kolp, Alain Pirotte

or

GELI2023

Bases de données dans les systèmes d'information (FUNDP - DGTI3123)[30h] (3 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

GELI2001

Compléments de mathématiques (cours FPMS - EAD)[40h] (5 credits) (in French)

N.

SINF1252

Introduction to computer systems[30h+30h] (6 credits) (in French)

Marc Lobelle

INGI2132

Languages and translators[30h+30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Baudouin Le Charlier (coord.), Peter Van Roy

LINF2356

Interfaces homme-machine[45h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jean Vanderdonckt

STAT2550

Data Mining[15h+15h] (5 credits) (in French)

Libei Chen

ELEC2930

Intoduction to telecommunication[30h+15h] (4 credits) (in French)

Auguste Laloux

CLIG2140

Séminaire de linguistique computationnelle[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

GERM2218

English linguistics seminar : corpus linguistics[15h] (4 credits) (in English)

Fanny Meunier

KULeuven

The following courses at KUL may likewise be chosen as an option :

LING2001

Text based information retrieval (KUL - H0J61)[28h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

LING2002

Natural language Processing (KUL - H0C28A)[32.5h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

LING2003

Linguistic theories and artificial intelligence (KUL - H0D36A)[32.5h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

GELI2024

Language Engineering Applications (KUL - H0J65A)[32.5h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

GELI2025

Foundations of Formal Theories of language (KUL - W098)[26h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

GELI2026

Taaltechnologie (KUL - F430 )[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

GELI2027

Toepassingen van computerlinguïstiek (KUL - G383)[60h] (8 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

E. Thesis and apprenticeship (28 credits)

The student will complete an apprenticeship in a research laboratory (in a university or in industry) for a minimum of 7 weeks (14 weeks part-time). A list of teams ready to welcome the students will be available at the secretary's office. Depending on the availability of the research teams, this period will take place preferably during the second semester of the first year or during the first semester of the second year.

The student must present a thesis (50 to 100 pages) on a linguistic subject relating to the subject matter taught in the context of the degree, preferably in the prolongation of his work experience in a research laboratory.



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