LANGUAGE AND THE MIND - PSY302/PSY502/2 Spring 2024
Course
Eva Eckert
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Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. INTRODUCTION: HUMAN LANGUAGE and MIND: THINKING and SPEAKINGINTRODUCTION: HUMAN LANGUAGE and MIND: THINKING and SPEAKING |
2. The originsThe origins |
3. How humans invent languageClass 3 How humans invent language |
4. Language impairment of genetic and non-genetic nature |
5. Mapping language in the brainMapping language in the brain |
6. Early language learning of infantsEarly language learning of infants |
7. Sounds and symbols: Learning language in the sea of soundsSounds, symbols and meanings |
8. Language diversity: Bilingualism |
9. Infants' language acquisition: Learning wordsInfants' language acquisition |
10. Words and pieces: The morphology of wordsThe morphology of words |
11. Language logic: Building sentences |
12. LANGUAGE DIVERSITYThe World Atlas of Language Structures Language universals and learning biases |
13. Diversity: Words and culture |
14. FINAL exam and student presentationsFINAL exam and student presentations |
15. Student ProjectsStudent Projects |
16. MEMORYCULTURAL DIVERSITY: Being bilingual |
17. Patterns, grammar and LEARNING |
18. Lesson 14: Communication and reading intentionsCommunication and reading intentions |