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Language and the Mind

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Language Development Courses Psychology Courses Neuroscience Courses

Course Description

Overview

<p>Join an esteemed professor of psychology and neuroscience to dive into the fascinating relationship between the evolution of language and the mind.</p>

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 01: Language in Mind
  • 02: Language as a System
  • 03: Eleven Linguistic Universals
  • 04: Communication in the Animal Kingdom
  • 05: Genes, Brains, and Evolution
  • 06: How the Brain Created Language
  • 07: Gesture and the Origins of Human Language
  • 08: Development: A Mind under Construction
  • 09: Specializing in Speech Sounds
  • 10: Navigating a World of Words
  • 11: Learning to Play the Game of Language
  • 12: Mastering the Structure of Language
  • 13: The Brain as a Window into the Mind
  • 14: How the Brain Comprehends Language
  • 15: How the Brain Produces Language
  • 16: Dancing Brains: The Social Side of Language
  • 17: How Writing Transformed the Mind
  • 18: Sign Language: Language in Our Hands
  • 19: Embodied Language: Mind in Body—Body in Mind
  • 20: The Multilingual Mind
  • 21: Does Language Shape Thought?
  • 22: Does Culture Shape Language?
  • 23: The Benefits of Bilingualism
  • 24: How Language Makes Us Human

Taught by

Spencer Kelly

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