Some fundamental questions concerning language.

11 Outubro 2021, 11:00 • Marina Vigário

Some fundamental questions concerning language. Innatism and alternative hypotheses. Language universals. Relation between sound and meaning. What is a word and how can it be extracted from the speech continuum. General notion of mental lexicon and the nuclear components of grammar.

Assignment to be delivered on the 19^th of October: see the details in the ppt uploaded in the course webpage.

 

Ppt presentations used in class, bibliography, homework and other relevant information can be found in the course webpage: http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/personal/mvigario/ELH/SHL2021_2022_S1.html