LING107 - Language and Information

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Language and Information
Term
2019A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING107001
Course number integer
107
Meeting times
MW 03:30 PM-05:00 PM
Meeting location
BENN 24
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Anthony S Kroch
Description
This course is an introduction to Information Theory, as originated by Claude Shannon, emphasizing its application to the study of language, including both modern structural linguistics and the quantitative study of language in use. The course will be of interest to linguistics students, cognitive science students, and students with an interest in ongoing developments in contemporary language technology.
Course number only
107
Use local description
No