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Course, academic year 2026/2027
   
Language acquisition - ALINV421B
Title: Language acquisition
Form of teaching: lecture+seminar
Guaranteed by: Institute of Linguistics (21-UL)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2025
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: not taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: AAA500146
Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=752
Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. Luca Cilibrasi, Ph.D.
Schedule   Noticeboard   
Annotation -
The course aims at introducing the processes involved in language acquisition. The processes are described from the early pre-verbal stages until puberty. Bilingualism and second language acquisition are also discussed, as well as developmental language disorders (dyslexia and specific language impairment).

Last update: Brůhová Gabriela, PhDr., Ph.D. (23.01.2019)
Literature -

Guasti, M. T. (2017). Language acquisition: The growth of grammar. MIT press.

or

Rowland C. (2014). Understanding child language acquisition. Routlege.

 

Specific papers will also be provided during the course. 

Last update: Cilibrasi Luca, doc., Ph.D. (23.11.2021)
Teaching methods

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Last update: Cilibrasi Luca, doc., Ph.D. (05.09.2022)
Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme -

Students will be assessed with a midterm test and with a final test. Both will take place in class. The content of the tests will correspond to the topics discussed during the seminars.  

Attendance is compulsory, max 3 absences per semester are allowed. 

Last update: Cilibrasi Luca, doc., Ph.D. (05.09.2022)
Syllabus -

week 1. The logical problem of language acquisition (CH1) 

week 2. Learning the phonemic contrasts of the native language (CH2)

week 3. Categorical perception and why it matters (PDF provided)

week 4. Acquisition of the lexicon (CH3)

week 5. The emergence of syntax (CH4)

week 6.  Midterm exam

week 7. Acquisition of passive and complex structures (CH7)

week 8. Language and other cognitive abilities (CH11)

week 9. The bilingual child (CH11)

week 10. Second language acquisition in adult age (PDF provided)

week 11. Developmental language impairment (CH11)

week 12. Dyslexia (CH11)

week 13. Final exam 

 

 

 

Last update: Cilibrasi Luca, doc., Ph.D. (23.11.2021)
 
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