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TheNorthAmericanComputationalLinguisticsOlympiadatUCIrvine
When?• RegistrationDeadline–January24,2018• OpenRound–January25,2018Where?• UCIrvinecampus,alongwith200other
sitesinUSandCanada• Detailsatthesitebelow:
http://sites.uci.edu/naclo
What?• Acompetitionforhighschoolstudents
interestedinlinguistics,languages,andcomputerscience
• Interestingpuzzles• Paperandpencilcontest• Noprerequisitesneeded,onlylogicand
analyticalskills!(seesamplesonline)• EasierproblemsintheOpenRound• HarderproblemsintheInvitationalRound
–nationalselectionoftheUSteamfortheinternationalolympiad
WhatisLinguistics?• Thestudyofhumanlanguage• Phonetics:howspokensoundsareproduced
andheard• Syntax:howsentencesarestructured• Semantics:meaningofwordsandsentences• Sociolinguistics:howlanguageusevaries
http://sites.uci.edu/naclo
InternationalLinguisticsOlympiad• http://www.ioling.org• Morethan30countriesparticipate• USteamshavewonmostgoldmedals• ILO2018willbeheldinPrague Contact
• SameerSingh:[email protected]• LisaPearl:[email protected]• GregScontras:[email protected]
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