LING 461. Formal Methods in Linguistics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
This course presents the formal methods used in the study of language (namely, the theories of sets, relations, functions, partial orders, and lattices, as well as the principle of mathematical induction).
- Winter
- Prerequisites: LING 360 or PHIL 210 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LING 560 or MATH 240.