Lecture Notes

week # TOPICS
1 Introduction: Writing Simple Perl Programs (PDF)
2 What is Learning? (PDF)

Basic Terms and Concepts
3 Learning Models (for Phonology) (PDF)
4 Calculating Statistical Generalizations (PDF)
5 Statistical Models (cont.) (PDF)
6 Learning OT Grammars - Introduction (PDF)
7 Learning in OT (cont.) - Ranking Biases (PDF)
8 Learning in OT (cont.) - Reasoning about Rankings (PDF)
9 Learning in OT (cont.) - Stochastic Constraint Ranking (PDF)
10 Learning in OT (cont.) (PDF)
11 Learning Alternations (PDF)
12 Learning Alternations (cont.) (PDF)