2025 Fall

LINGUIS C142 001 - SEM 001

Language and Thought

Terry Regier

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025

Tu, Th

12:30 pm - 01:59 pm

Hearst Field Annex A1

Class #:26052

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Linguistics

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 32

Enrolled: 153

Waitlisted: 35

Capacity: 185

Waitlist Max: 40

Open Reserved Seats:

32 reserved for Linguistics Majors

Also offered as: COGSCI C142

Hours & Workload

3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.

This seminar explores the relation of language and thought. Is language uniquely human, and if so, what does this reveal about the human mind? Does the particular language you speak affect the way you think, or do human languages reflect a universal conceptual repertoire? The goal of this class is to familiarize you with a set of classic arguments on these themes, together with current research that evaluates these arguments, through weekly reading and discussion.