LING 209
Language and Human Mind
This course introduces students to the fascinating "cognitive revolution" in contemporary language study, illuminating the Chomskyan shift away from speech behavior or "languages" as the objects of inquiry to the experimental and theoretical study of the biological/cognitive and mechanisms underlying our unique human capacity for language.
Prerequisites & course information
Not available to students who have completed LING 103 (courseID 020035), Topic: Language and Mind,(Topic #6). (Prerequisites enforced at registration.) (4; 3 in the half-term). (ID). May not be repeated for credit.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
Catalogue variants
- Language and Human Mind · Undergraduate credit