85-721 Language and Thought Units: 9.0 Department: Psychology Special permission: Yes Cross-listed: 85-421 Notes: Please email Gary Lupyan at gl@cmu.edu (graduate student course number only. Once you have instructors permission, Erin Donahoe at donahoe@andrew.cmu.ed. can register you in the course. Related URLs: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/ This course allows the student to explore ways in which the mind shapes language and language shapes the mind. Why are humans the only species with a full linguistic system? Some of the questions to be explored are: What kinds of mental abilities allow the child to learn language? What are the cognitive abilities needed to support the production and comprehension of sentences in real time? How do these abilities differ between people? Are there universal limits on the ways in which languages differ? Where do these limitations come from cognition in general or the specific language facility? Why is it so hard to learn a second language? Are there important links between language change and cultural change that point to links between language and culture?

Discuss this course  Textbook prices  View FCE Results  View FCE Results Prior to Fall 2004  Check Availability   Popularity index Rank for this semester: #0 Rank in this department: #0   Students also scheduled 88-120 Reason, Passion and Cognition 76-750 History of Critical Ideas 85-421 Language and Thought