printer friendly pageLINGUIST 130B: Introduction to Lexical Semantics
Introduction to basic concepts and issues in the linguistic study of word meaning. We explore grammatical regularities in word meaning and the relation between word meaning and the conceptual realm.¿The questions we address include the following. How is the meaning of a word determined from its internal structure? ¿How can simple words have complex meanings? ¿What is a possible word? ¿How does a word's¿meaning determine the word's syntactic distribution and what kind of reasoning does it support? What kind of information belongs to the lexical entry of a word? ¿The course will show that the investigation¿of the linguistic and semantic structure of words draws on the full resources of linguistic theory and methodology. Prerequisites:¿
SYMSYS1,
LINGUIST1,
LINGUIST35,¿or equivalent or permission of the instructor.¿
LINGUIST 130A¿is not a prerequisite for this course.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-FR
Instructors:
Condoravdi, C. (PI)
;
Lu, J. (TA)
SYMSYS 1: Minds and Machines (CS 24, LINGUIST 35, PHIL 99, PSYCH 35, SYMSYS 200)
(Formerly
SYMSYS 100). An overview of the interdisciplinary study of cognition, information, communication, and language, with an emphasis on foundational issues: What are minds? What is computation? What are rationality and intelligence? Can we predict human behavior? Can computers be truly intelligent? How do people and technology interact, and how might they do so in the future? Lectures focus on how the methods of philosophy, mathematics, empirical research, and computational modeling are used to study minds and machines. Students must take this course before being approved to declare Symbolic Systems as a major. All students interested in studying Symbolic Systems are urged to take this course early in their student careers. The course material and presentation will be at an introductory level, without prerequisites. If you have any questions about the course, please email symsys1staff@gmail.com.
Terms: Aut, Win, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-FR, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Goodman, N. (PI)
;
Kramer, F. (PI)
;
Krejci, B. (PI)
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Instructors:
Goodman, N. (PI)
;
Kramer, F. (PI)
;
Krejci, B. (PI)
;
Rose, D. (PI)
;
Wu, J. (PI)
;
Krejci, B. (SI)
;
Eigbe, N. (TA)
;
Forster, M. (TA)
;
Mon, K. (TA)
;
Ota, K. (TA)
;
Qing, C. (TA)
;
Ragupathi, A. (TA)
;
Schechtman, K. (TA)
;
Tong, N. (TA)
;
Xu, A. (TA)
;
Xu, R. (TA)
SYMSYS 1P: A Practical Introduction to Symbolic Systems
An optional supplement to "Minds and Machines" (
SYMSYS 1), aimed at prospective majors in Symbolic Systems. Students will learn from the perspectives of faculty, alums, and advanced students about how to navigate the many paths available to a student: Sym Sys versus other majors, undergraduate core options, selecting courses and a concentration, research opportunities, internships, the honors program, graduate programs, careers, and life paths.
Last offered: Spring 2020
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