Semantics Courses and Certifications

Language Models Could Learn Semantics - No Matter How You Define It

Explore how language models can acquire semantic understanding through form, entailment, and Gricean principles, with insights on practical limitations and future possibilities.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Hausdorff Center for Mathematics

Syntaxes for Binding and Their Semantics

Explore binding syntaxes and their semantics with Guillaume Allais, delving into advanced concepts in programming language theory and formal methods.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Semantics I - Session Preview for POPL 2023

Explore key concepts in semantics, including type-based approaches, rewriting, game semantics, and category theory, with expert Ugo Dal Lago.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

Fully Abstract Normal Form Bisimulation for Call-by-Value PCF

Explore a fully abstract normal form bisimulation for call-by-value PCF, combining applicative and environmental bisimulation with game semantics for program equivalence checking.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

The Semantics of Plurals in Expression Languages - SLE

Explore the semantics of plurals in software languages, examining bunch theory and its integration with relations for seamless modeling and programming.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU

Norms and Exploitations: Mapping Meaning onto Use

Explore Corpus Pattern Analysis to map word meanings to typical contexts, reducing lexical entropy and linking patterns to applications like synonym sets or translations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU

The Ins and Outs of Preposition Semantics - 2017

Explore preposition semantics, their crucial role in linking meaning, and challenges in comprehensive annotation and cross-linguistic analysis. Gain insights into ongoing research and corpus development.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Leiden University;  Meertens instituut (KNAW)

Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

106 reviews

There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different langu…

• Coursera
• 22 hours 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Chengdu University of TCM

词汇学

Dive into 汉语词汇学的系统知识，从词的定义、结构到词义发展，建立完整的词汇体系，为语言研究和教学打下扎实基础。

• XuetangX
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

汉外语言对比研究

熟悉语言差异，了解思维差异，无障碍进行跨语言和跨文化交际！

• XuetangX
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

CrashCourse

Linguistics by CrashCourse

10 reviews

In 16 episodes, Taylor Behnke teaches you linguistics! The content is based on an introductory university-level curriculum, curated by a team of linguists: Lauren Gawne, Jessi Grieser, and Gretchen McCulloch.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Semantics of First-Order Logic

6 ratings at edX

Explore first-order logic's language, semantics, and limitations. Investigate sentence truth, logical truths, and relationships between expressions. Gain foundational knowledge for advanced logic studies.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MIT EI Seminar - Phillip Isola - Emergent Intelligence- Getting More Out of Agents Than You Bake In

Explore emergent intelligence in AI through unsupervised learning, generative modeling, and self-assembling agents. Discover surprising outcomes beyond explicit programming in representation, video generation, and creature development.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Linguistics

Explore the complex system of human language, covering morphology, phonetics, syntax, semantics, dialects, historical linguistics, and language acquisition, with a focus on law-governed mental processes.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Programming Languages Ⅰ

12 ratings at Coursera

Explore programming language concepts through interpreter implementation and operational semantics, enhancing language learning, evaluation, and design skills.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)