Linguistics 408/508
Computational Techniques for Linguists

Handouts:

• syllabus
• survey
• handout #1: overview
• assignment #1
• handout #2: dealing with Matlab
• handout #3: functions
• assignment #2
• handout #4: data structures
• assignment #3
• handout #5: control structures
• handout #6: practice
• assignment #4
• handout #7: pattern matching
• handout #8: input-output
• assignment #5
• handout #9: larger programs
• assignment #6
• handout #10: GUIs
• handout #11: Review
• final assignment
• presentations
• handout #12: Character encodings

Matlab files:

• ourfind.m: return matching strings from a cell array of strings
• urlfind1.m: using functions or not
• urlfind2.m: using functions or not
• urlfind3.m: using functions or not
• urlfind4.m: using functions or not
• tags.m: stripping HTML tags with "state"
• hw4num1poss.m: possible solution to problem #1 on homework #4
• hw4num2part.m: possible partial solution to problem #2 on homework #4
• hw4num2withstress.m: possible partial solution to problem #3 on homework #4
• newdicmodular.zip: modular version of problem #3 on homework #4 (zipped)
• simplegui1.m: Simple GUI demo
• simplegui1.fig: fig-file for simple GUI demo
• panelcolors.m: GUI color/panel demo
• panelcolors.fig: fig-file for GUI color/panel demo
• newdic.m: More complex GUI demo
• newdic.fig: fig-file for more complex GUI demo
• hw5.zip: One solution to homework #5
• encodings.m: File encoding demo (version for Matlab version 2013b)
• encodingsVer13a.m: File encoding demo (version for Matlab version 2013a)
• russGUI.m: GUI encoding demo
• myrussianfile.txt: required for GUI encoding demo

Links:

• Various readings (for enrolled students only)
• Matlab site license page at UA (free for UA folks)
• Textbook website
• Matlab website
• Octave (open-source free alternative to Matlab)
• Psychtoolbox
• Various (advanced) Matlab files from 478/578 (Spring 2013)
• Various (advanced) Matlab files from 439/539 (Fall 2013)