Human language and mind: Thinking and speaking SPRING/SUMMER 2023
Section outline
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HUMAN LANGUAGE AND MIND: THINKING AND SPEAKING
HUMAN LANGUAGE and the MIND is a course in human thinking and speaking that deals with psychological and cognitive aspects of language as a key to the mind, intellect and creativity; interrelation of the language, thoughts and brain; language in mediating the experience, remembering and creating meaning; the instinctive, emotional and rational in our cognition; pre-linguistic cognition of hominids; children’s language acquisition and learning; and language diversity.
Course requirements
Assignment
Weight in ZÁPOČET”
Comments and learning outcomes
Attendance and active participation,
READINGS and web activities
20%
20%
5 absences or more entails failing the course
Research proposal
10%
Presenting a topic and research thesis, outlining a plan to collect data and a strategy to analyze them, explaining the outcomes
Final test, written
30%
Concepts, experiments and readings
Presentation on the research project based on the submitted proposal
10%
Presenting on the research project (15 mins)
Paper summarizing the project
10%
cca. 3000 words
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