LIN447H5 Topics in Computational Linguistics: Computational Interactional Sociolinguistics
Learn more about computational interactional sociolinguistics with us in LIN447H5S!
When we talk with other users on social media like Reddit, how do we express what kind of person we are? Do we want others to think of us as 'informers' – contributing useful new factual insight, 'contrarians' – always finding a counterargument, or 'entertainers' – making sure everyone is having fun? And how do we use language to position ourselves that way?
Interactional sociolinguistics is the subfield of linguistics that asks these kinds of questions, and the vast amounts of social media data available allow us unprecedented insight in the on-the-fly dynamics of presenting our social selves online. Computational approaches to studying these kinds of questions have gained in popularity over the past few years, and in this course you will learn all about them in a hands-on way. That is: we'll read recent papers, and work with Large Language Models and exploratory data analytic techniques to discover new insights. If you like to learn about human interaction, big and noisy data, Large Language Models, social media, and how they all interact, this course is for you.
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