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CSLL is a combined study of
Computer Science and Linguistics and a Language, one of
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{\bf French} (TR11)\\
{\bf Irish} (TR13)} \right.$](img1.png)
- Computer Science
- Would you like to master the techniques and
technologies that lie behind what you see on the screen of one of
today's computers ? The computer science component of CSLL seeks
to give you this mastery, fully understanding the computer
applications of today, and able to participate in the development of
the applications of the future. No prior knowledge of programming is
required; some aptitude for mathematics, for the analysis of a system,
for recognition of structure will help. For this reason the degree requires a
C3 or better in Higher Level maths.
- Language
- Are you a student of German, French or Irish ? The
language component of CSLL will provide you with an degree-level
standard of comprehension, grammatical competence and
fluency, in both written and spoken language. Part of this
is a year spent abroad as an Erasmus exchange student .
- Linguistics
- Have you ever been intrigued by languages
themselves, how they are learned, how they differ from each other, how
ambiguity arises, how words emerge from a sea of sound, how they are
made by manipulating a flow of air, how language relates to the mind
and thoughts ? These are the questions looked at in linguistics,
the scientific study of language, the third of CSLL's components
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The above are united in the field known as Computational
Linguistics , a major concern of which is the development of
software which handles human language intelligently
. Examples of this are machine translation, speech recognition,
and document categorisation. There are many others and this is a
field in which software companies (eg. Google, Microsoft) are
dedicating ever-increasing effort. See computational linguistics for more.
The CSLL degree is one of the most interdisciplinary offered by
the university, bridging both science and arts, and its different
strands foster a wide range of talents, from practical,
problem-solving in computer science, to more analytical skills in
understanding novel concepts in linguistics, to fluency and cultural
awareness in the language component. There are challenges in this,
but the degree is, we think, a very rewarding one (see some of our
graduates' comments ).
In an ever more multilingual and technological world, the CSLL degree
opens up many subsequent employment avenues upon graduation: in software engineering; in professions making direct use of language skills (translators, embassies); for language-technology companies who seek to develop software which handles language intelligently; traditional Arts-graduate careers. See careers for more information.
To find out more about the CSLL degree follow the links below or in the menu to the left
For the local web pages intended for current students refer to
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It is astonishing what language can do. With a few syllables it can
express an incalculable number of thoughts, so that even a thought
grasped by a terrestrial being for the very first time can be put into a
form of words which will be understood by someone to whom the thought
is entirely new. This would be impossible, were we not able to
distinguish parts in the thoughts corresponding to the parts of a
sentence, so that the structure of the sentence serves as the image of
the structure of the thoughts. -- Frege 1923
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Erstaunlich ist es, was die Sprache
leistet, indem sie mit wenigen Silben unübersehbar viele Gedanken
ausdrückt, daß sie sogar für einen Gedanken, den nun zum ersten
Male ein Erdbürger gefaßt hat, eine Einkleidung findet, in der ihn ein
anderer erkennen kann, dem er ganz neu ist. Dies wäre nicht
möglich, wenn wir in dem Gedanken nicht Teile unterscheiden könnten, denen Satzteile entsprechen,
so dass der Aufbau des Satzes als Bild gelten könnte des Aufbaus des Gedankens. -- Frege 1923
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Les prestations de la langue sont vraiment surprenantes: exprimer un très grander nombre de pensées avec peu de syllabes - ou même trouver la manière de donner à une pensee une expression verbale qui permettre qu'un autre, pour lequel elle est absolument nouvelle, la reconnaisse. Cela ne serait pas possible si nous ne pouvions distinguer dans la pensée des parties auxquelles correspondent de parties de l'énoncé, de manière à ce que la construction de lénoncé puisse valoir comme image de la construction de la pensée -- Frege 1923
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Is iontach an rud is féidir le teanga a dhéanamh. Is féidir léi líon gan
áireamh de smaointe a chur in iúl le beagán siollaí, i dtreo is gur féidir
fiú an smaoinimh atá neach talmhaí tar éis a ghreamú den chéad uair a chur
i mbriathra a thuigfidh duine a mbeidh an smaoineamh sin úrnua ar fad
aige. Níorbh fhéidir sin a dhéanamh mura mbeimid in ann páirteanna de na
smaointe a aithint a chomhfhreagraíonn do na páirteanna d'abairt, ionas go
bhfónann struchtúr na habairte mar íomhá de struchtúr na smaointe. -- Frege 1923
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Martin.Emms @ cs.tcd.ie
Carl.Vogel @ cs.tcd.ie