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2024 Spring

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 SPEAKING

INTRODUCTION: HUMAN LANGUAGE and MIND: THINKING and SPEAKING

2. The origins

The origins

3. How humans invent language

Class 3 How humans invent language

4. Language impairment of genetic and non-genetic nature

5. Mapping language in the brain

Mapping language in the brain

6. Early language learning of infants

Early language learning of infants

7. Sounds and symbols: Learning language in the sea of sounds

Sounds, symbols and meanings

8. Language diversity: Bilingualism

9. Infants' language acquisition: Learning words

Infants' language acquisition

10. Words and pieces: The morphology of words

The morphology of words

11. Language logic: Building sentences

12. LANGUAGE DIVERSITY

The World Atlas of Language Structures Language universals and learning biases

13. Diversity: Words and culture

14. FINAL exam and student presentations

FINAL exam and student presentations

15. Student Projects

Student Projects

16. MEMORY

CULTURAL DIVERSITY: Being bilingual

17. Patterns, grammar and LEARNING

18. Lesson 14: Communication and reading intentions

Communication and reading intentions

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