IN1140 – Introduction to Language Technology

After finishing IN1140, you´ll:

• be familiar with several language-technological application areas, such as information extraction, machine translation.
• be able to perform a basic linguistic analysis of linguistic data at several linguistic levels (morphology, syntax, semantics).
• be able to explain what challenges automatic analysis of natural language gives rise to.
• have knowledge of key formal models and methods in language technology.
• be able to write a program that performs some simple language technology tasks, such as tokenisation and frequency analysis.

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:

• Mathematics R1 or Mathematics (S1+S2)

The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about special admission requirements (in Norwegian).

4 hours of teachings each week, 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group teachings.

The course will be offered for the last time Autumn 2025 and will be conducted as self-study. Exams will also be held Autumn 2026 and 2027, but only for those who have previously had all mandatory assignments approved.

Submitting and passing mandatory assignments is required to be allowed to take the exam. Read more about requirements for assignment of assignments, group work and legal cooperation under guidelines for mandatory tasks.

4 hours written digital exam. All mandatory assignments must be approved to be allowed to take the exam.

The exam will be held Autumn 2026 and Autumn 2027, but only for those who have previously had all mandatory assignments approved.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF1820 – Introduksjon til språk- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (continued)

This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination