The aim of the course is to provide knowledge both in general and practical terms of the morphemic structure and morphophonological phenomena, and their interconnection as well as the creation of the database of Latvian morphemes.
Study course objectives: 1) to develop the comprehension of the morphemes, their types, and principles of their combining; 2) to study and to analyze the reasons of morpheme alternations; 3) to develop the linguistic competence by creation and research of the database of morphemes using theoretical knowledge of the Modern Latvian morphemics, morphophonology, and word-formation system.
The aim of this course is to provide the knowledge and skills required for theoretical research and practical work in speech data processing and analysis, to introduce the basic concepts and methods of speech analysis, as well as the stages of a speech corpus development.
The objectives of the course are 1) to provide knowledge about the acoustic and auditory properties of speech sounds, speech data processing, analysis and visualization methods, 2) to acquaint students with computer programs and tools suitable for acoustic analysis and multilevel speech data annotation, and to promote their use in research and analysis, as well as the creation of speech corpora.
The study course reinforces knowledge about the various stages of the process of speech communication, allows to understand the basic principles of speech technology.