Morphology: Words and Transducers

This lecture covers the concepts of words and tokens, introducing morphology as a crucial component for Natural Language Processing (NLP). It delves into computational morphology, transducers, and operations on transducers, highlighting the importance of understanding word structures, affixes, and morphemes in different languages. The lecture also explores the complexities of word formation, verb conjugation, and the variability of words across languages. Additionally, it discusses the challenges and tools involved in computational morphology, emphasizing the role of transducers in analyzing and generating surface forms from canonical representations.