Advanced Linguistics: Biological Foundations of Language

Dr. J. S. Coleman
Thursday at 11:00, weeks 1-4
47 Wellington Square

To kick off the Advanced Linguistics course, the lectures in this module survey what is known about the physiological and behavioural bases of the language faculty.

The target audience is students who have already followed introductory courses in linguistics and phonetics. The subjects of the lectures will be:

1. Language as animal communication

2. Speaking and hearing

3. Words

4. Syntax