LANGUAGE AND THE MIND - PSY302/2 Spring 2025
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. Language learning strategies of infantsBabies learning from the language input: Sounds |
7. Sounds, phonemes and symbolsSounds, phonemes and symbols |
8. Infants' language acquisition: Learning wordsInfants' language acquisition |
9. Words and pieces: The morphology of wordsThe morphology of words |
10. LANGUAGE DIVERSITYThe World Atlas of Language Structures Language universals and learning biases |
11. Diversity: Words and culture |
12. Diversity: Being bilingual |
13. FINAL exam and student presentationsFINAL exam and student presentations |
14. Student ProjectsStudent Projects |
15. Patterns, grammar and LEARNING |
16. MEMORYCULTURAL DIVERSITY: Being bilingual |
17. Lesson 14: Communication and reading intentionsCommunication and reading intentions |