Class Detail

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.

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

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

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