Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Language, Cognition and Culture
Term
2024C
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING1720001
Course number integer
1720
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Anna Papafragou
Description
This is a course on how language relates to other cognitive systems. We will discuss the question of whether and how the language one speaks affects the way one thinks, the relation between words and concepts, the link between language acquisition and conceptual development in children, and the potential role of language in shaping uniquely human concepts. The course incorporates cross-linguistic, cross-cultural and developmental perspectives and combines readings from linguistics, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience and other fields within cognitive science.
Course number only
1720
Use local description
No