ARTS1691 - Use of Language

Most things follow the textbook, but language and the brain will go into far more detail, as it's too rapidly changing for the textbook.

• Definitions

• Language Equality

• Neurolinguistics
• Structure of the Brain
  • Cerebral Cortex
• Aphasia

• Autonomy of Language
• Origin and Evolution of Language
• Language Acquisition
• Bilingualism

• Human Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics

• Standard vs Non-Standard English
• Sociolinguistics
  • Social Registers

• Slang and Taboo Speech
• Language and Sexism

• Old English (issues with studying long dead languages)
• Old English vs Present Day English
• The History of English

• Reasons for Sound Change
• Sound Shifts in OE History

• Historical Linguistics
  • Historical Language Change
  • History of the Linguistic Discipline

• Language Families of the World
• Language Classification Systems

Cool Phenomenon: The McGurk Effect