Derek Andersen – Academic Output

A collection of academic papers, project reports, and presentations I've written throughout my time studying Linguistics (as an undergrad) and Computational Linguistics (as a graduate student). They are presented in reverse chronological order. Click the bracketed items for links.

Graduate (Computational Linguistics)

• Subregular Language Library for Machine Learning [Code repository]
• buzzrec: Linguistics Paper Recommendation Engine [Report] [Code repository]
• Language Models: n-grams and PCFGs [Report] [Jupyter Notebook]
• CaRT Decision Trees [Presentation] [Jupyter Notebook]
• A Phonetic Analysis of Norwegian [Paper]
• String Comparison in Python to Evaluate Phonological Phenomena [Report]
• Final Obstruent Gemination in Japanese Loanwords [Paper]
• Object Scrambling, the EPP, and Focus in Japanese [Paper]
• Gemination in Japanese Loanwords [Paper] [Handout]
• Verb-Related Errors Made by Japanese Learners of English [Paper]

Undergrad (Linguistics)

• Language and Meaning: Final Paper [Paper]
• Sentence Evaluation with Predicates [Paper]
• Scope of Universal Quantifiers [Paper]
• Scope of Negation [Paper]
• Issues with Propositional Logic [Paper]
• Large Scope If, Then [Paper]
• If, Then [Paper]