Course
Course 7.5 credits • LINN25
The course deals with current interdisciplinary research on the origins of language. Focus is placed on the relationship between biological and cultural evolution and physiological and neural conditions for language from the perspective of evolution. Furthermore, the course addresses animal communication, experiments on language acquisition in primates and other animals, the relationship between mind and language and different hypotheses on the origins of language and evaluation of these on the basis of empirical evidence.
The course is an elective component of the Master of Arts programme in Language and Linguistics (HASPV). It is also offered as a freestanding course and can be included in a first or second cycle degree.
Programme affiliation: May be part of Master's Programme in Language and Linguistics, Cognitive Semiotics
Study period:
autumn semester 2017
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2017-08-28 – 2017-10-29
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-35721
Eligibility:
Students must have 90 credits, of which at least 60 credits must be in a language or linguistics (general linguistics or phonetics), and English 6/English course B, or the equivalent.
Introductory meeting: Wednesday, 30 August at 13.15 – 15.00 in SOL:H405
Teachers:
Jordan Zlatev
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Spring semester 2026
Application opens 15 September
15October 2025
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