Course
Course 7.5 credits • LIND04
The course LIND04 is currently not being offered
The course aims at acquainting the student with central questions related to the current debate on the origin of language. It deals with issues such as whether grammar is primarily a biological adaptation or a culturally created and acquired phenomenon. Topics covered include the relation between biological and cultural evolution, anatomical and neural prerequisites for language in an evolutionary perspective, animal communication, experiments with language learning in apes and other animals, the relation between language and consciousness, different hypotheses on the origin of language and their evaluation in relation to available evidence.
The course deals with current interdisciplinary research into the origins of language. Focus is put on the relationship between biological and cultural evolution as well as the anatomical and neural prerequisites for the development of language from an evolutionary perspective. The course also covers animal communication, experiments regarding language acquisition in apes and other animals, and the relationship between language and consciousness. Various hypotheses on the origins of language are discussed and evaluated after giving consideration to existing evidence.Admission Requirements
To be eligible for the course requires the successful completion of LIN B02 or 60 higher education credits within a language subject, or the equivalent.
Study period:
autumn semester 2008
Type of studies:
part time, 25 %,
evening
Study period:
2008-09-22 – 2009-01-16
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-35472
Introductory meeting:
Teachers:
Jordan Zlatev
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