Course
Course 7.5 credits • LINN25
Teaching – spring semester 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect our education and most of the teaching must take place completely digitally until further notice. Pay attention to the information in the schedule and/or in Canvas – the information is continuously adjusted based on current decisions and recommendations.
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:
spring semester 2021
Type of education:
both campus/online
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2021-01-18 – 2021-03-24
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-75551
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, 20 January at 10.15 – 12.00
Teachers:
Jordan Zlatev
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Spring semester 2026
Application opens 15 September
15October 2025
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