Lectures and Readings

Lectures and Readings

The schedule on the following two pages shows the tentative schedule of topics to be covered at each class meeting during the first half of the semester. Consult this page regularly to see the most current version of the schedule of topics and readings. The on-line version of this schedule will be revised as the semester progresses.

I expect you to do the reading for a class before the lecture. I will not attempt to cover in lecture all the material in the readings. Instead my goal will be to cover the highlights or particularly difficult material. For this to work, you will need to already be familiar with the simpler aspects of the material. If you keep up your part of the bargain we should be able to have more interesting discussions in class, rather than just listening to me go over the text.

In the table below, JM stands for Jurafsky & Martin, while B stands for Bird et al.

Lectures and Readings