Formal Linguistics (LING 0500)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2025

Course Description

In this course, we study formal mathematical tools for the analysis of language that help us understand and classify the complex structures and rules that constitute language and grammar. These tools include set theory, formal language and automata theory, as well as aspects of logic, and will be applied to the syntax and semantics of natural language. In addition to learning something about formal tools for analyzing language, this will also enhance your general skills in analytical reasoning.

Semesters Taught

Spring, 2025 (Instructor: Professor Florian Schwarz)