LING-L 210 TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY (3 CR.)
The study of topics relating to the role of language as a social phenomenon.
3 classes found
Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 29871 | Open | 3:55 p.m.–5:10 p.m. | TR | BH 245 | Bohnert A |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 29871: Total Seats: 25 / Available: 3 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- Topic: Constructed Languages
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: Constructed languages
This course explores constructed languages (conlangs), which are languages that have been consciously created, such as Esperanto, Dothraki (Game of Thrones), Elvish (Lord of the Rings), or Klingon (Star Trek). Along with learning about the history of conlangs and the background & structure of selected conlangs, students will learn about the key areas of linguistics¿phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, typology, and more¿and apply this knowledge to the creation of their own conlang. Through regular assignments, students will incrementally build their own conlang, and at the end of the course, put it all together to produce a grammatical sketch of their created language.
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 31111 | Open | 2:20 p.m.–3:35 p.m. | TR | I 107 | Cavar M |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 31111: Total Seats: 30 / Available: 12 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- Topic: Language and Law
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: Language and law
The course provides an introduction to language and the law, including the description and use of language in legal procedures, as well as forensic linguistics and phonetics, which treat language as evidence or the target of crime. The classes will be a mixture of lectures, discussion and tasks where students will solve some simple forensic puzzles.
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 36300 | Open | 12:45 p.m.–5:45 p.m. | W | SB 221 | Cavar D |
Eight Week - Second / In Person
LEC 36300: Total Seats: 20 / Available: 20 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class meets second eight weeks only
- Topic: Language, Intelligence, and the Machine
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: Lang., intel., & the machine
This course will address state-of-the-art technologies in artificial intelligence (AI) and linguistic and natural language processing (NLP) capabilities of advanced large language models (LLM), such as ChatGPT or Claude. This includes a discussion of the perspectives of Machines becoming intelligent and outperforming humans. This course addresses also technologies and applications of AI and possible Artificial General Intelligence, as well as aspects of human cognition and intelligence from a psycholinguistic perspective. It also addresses philosophical and sociological issues, potential risks, and obvious improvements in society and human life based on AI.
The College of Arts