Psychology 213 - LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Fall
2012
01
4.00
Jill de Villiers

TTh 10:30-11:50

Smith College
18806-F12
MCCONN B15
jdevil@science.smith.edu
18805
Same as PHI 213. The course will examine how the child learns her first language. What are the central problems in the learning of word meanings and grammars? Evidence and arguments will be drawn from Linguistics, Psychology, and Philosophy, and cross-linguistic data as well as English. Prerequisite: either PSY 111, PSY 233, PHI 100, or PHI 236, or permission of the instructor.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.