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LING 80L - 01   Predicting Words with Numbers: From Code-Breaking to Spell-Check, and Large Language Models

2025 Fall Quarter

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Career
Undergraduate
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Class Number
10464
Type
Lecture
Instruction Mode
In Person
Credits
5 units
General Education
SR
Status
Closed
Available Seats
0
Enrollment Capacity
0
Enrolled
12
Wait List Capacity
0
Wait List Total
0

Description

Investigates the ways quantitive methods are used, including probability and statistics, to make predictions about language and to model central aspects of language, including form, meaning, and use. Course explores the thousands of years of these approaches, covering topics including code-breaking, modeling word meaning, neural network models, and large language models (LLMs), among many others. Also explores how these approaches can be used to help model how people process language.

Enrollment Requirements

Prerequisites: LING 50, LING 53, LING 80K, or LING 80M.

Class Notes

Enroll in lecture and associated discussion section.
All prerequisite restrictions have been lifted for F25. Any student may enroll in this class.

Meeting Information

Days & Times Room Instructor Meeting Dates
MWF 09:20AM-10:25AM Steven Acad 152 Anand,P. 09/25/25 - 12/05/25

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