LING 11.12 Language and Cognition

This course examines some of the interrelationships between language and thought. Do people who speak different languages think differently? What does language tell us about the ways in which people conceptualize objects and abstract concepts such as time? How does language relate to other cognitive processes? Is language a uniquely human ability? Topics include linguistic relativism, folk taxonomies, metaphor, categorization, causation, space, time and gender. No prior courses in linguistics or cognitive science are required.

Instructor

Whaley

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC

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