Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics for the Study of Typical and Atypical Language

This course will introduce students in Communication Sciences and Disorders to the complexity and creativity of the human use of language. Studying the psycholinguistic processes of language and the child’s development of language will set the stage for understanding speech, language, and communication disorders. The course will cover topics such as the biological basis and neurological correlates of language, semantic organization, syntactic complexity, bilingualism, and the interaction between language and cognition. The universality of language will be a common theme throughout the course.

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