Learning Objectives

  • Define language
     
  • Explain the structure of language, including phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
     
  • Describe the perception of speech and its stages of processing as well as the processing of written language
     
  • Debate the relationship between language and cognition
     
  • Review the major findings in neurological language studies
     
  • Discuss the effects that bilingualism has on cognition