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Science of Language

This course provides an overview of the scientific study of the human language faculty, focusing on the cognitive & neural processing mechanisms that underlie linguistic knowledge & use. We describe contemporary approaches to delineating levels of language structure & review various scientific methodologies used to study language. Topics include language knowledge & use as well as language change & variation.

Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Natural Science for non-CSCD majors

Course #
CSCD-UE 110
Credits
4
Department
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Liberal Arts Core
Natural Science

Professors

Adam Buchwald

Professor; Director, Center of Health and Rehabilitation Research

buchwald@nyu.edu