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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Křivan, Ph.D. (25.09.2017)
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Křivan, Ph.D. (25.09.2017)
Aitchison, Jean 2000. Seeds of Speech, Cambridge U Press Diessel, G. Learning vs. Growth, in Language in Use, pp. 313-19 Hauser, Marc 2002. Researchers debate the origin of language, in Harvard Gazette Kandel, Eric 2006. In Search of Memory, W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 1-16 Kress, G. and T. Leuwen, Semiotic Landscape, in Language in Use, pp. 344-9 McGilchrist,The Divided Brain TED talk Montague, Red 2006. Why Choose this Book, Introduction and ch. 1, Dutton 2006 Pinker, Steven 1994. How the Mind Creates Language, in Language Instinct, HarperCollins Digital Mind in an Analog World, in Language Instinct Language is a human instinct, in Third Culture 1995, ch.13, Simon& Schuster Plag, Ingo Productivity and the Mental Lexicon, in Language in Use, pp. 106-13 Premack, David 2004. Is Language a Key to Human Intelligence? in Science Sperber, D. and D. Wilson 1996. Relevance: Communication and Cognition, pp. 1-24, 38, 46-9,172-9 Stubbs, Michael 1998. Language and the Mediation of Experience, in Handbook of Sociolinguistics, Blackwell Turkle, S. 2004. How Computers Change the Ways We Think, in The Chronicle of Higher Education |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Křivan, Ph.D. (28.06.2017)
HUMAN LANGUAGE and MIND is taught as a seminar that introduces a topic through a presentation, discussion and video, poses probing questions, proposes ways of examining and organizing the materials, and analyzes readings. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Křivan, Ph.D. (25.09.2017)
CLASS 1: ORIGINS OF SPEECH and MODERN MAN Oct. 6 Cognition, intelligence and creativity: Hominids vs. modern humans The day we learned to think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5esFdZAjlVM&list=PLF16E6ADA8E355B08 In what ways humans communicate differently than chimps, TED talk by Jane Goodall http://www.ted.com/playlists/84/ancient_clues Readings: Seeds of speech, by Jean Aitchison, Cambridge U Press 2000, ch. 1 Researchers debate the origin of language, by Marc Hauser2002, in Harvard Gazette http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/12.12/01-language.html
CLASS 2: HUMAN INTELLIGENCE Oct. 13 What are the manifestations and aspects of human intelligence? How the human mind was born https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9_Mo8Pxq-s&list=PLu_DAV6hNuv_aewc2X1VHc_6peHtQgis2 Understanding language, U of California lecture by J. Elman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1pbnWcabMY Readings: Is language a key to human intelligence? by David Premack, 2004, in Science Seeds of speech, Aitchison, ch. 6 Assignment (please prepare for Class 2):
You may want to explore Hauser’s articles in Harvard Gazette http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/tag/marc-d-hauser/
CLASS3: LANGUAGE: INSTINCT or REASON? Oct. 20 What is the role of the instinctive and rational in human cognition? How language transformed humanity, TED Talk by Mark Pagel How kids teach themselves, by Sugata Mitra John Searle on language and its prelinguistic elements Reason and enlightment, by George Lakoff Readings: Third culture, St. Pinker, Language is a human instinct, 1995, ch.13 Seeds of Speech, ch. 2 and 3 Assignment for Class 3:Please watch The birth of a language (on a sign language in Nicaragua) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtioIFuNf8 and respond in writing: What are the key findings of this documentary? In what ways do they relate to language instinct and intelligence? Do they agree with what you know about sign language?
CLASS4: LANGUAGE in the BRAIN Oct. 27 How does brain process, perceive and produce language? Where good ideas come from, TED Talk by St. Johnson How_boredom_can_lead_to_your_most_brilliant_ideas? TED Talk by Manoush_Zomorodi on creativity and brain, and Powerful stroke of insight, TED Talk by Jill Taylor Readings: The divided brain, TED talk by McGilchrist: http://www.ted.com/talks/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain.html Why choose this book, by R. Montague, Dutton 2006, Intro and ch. 1 Assignment: Please watch The divided brain over and explain what McGilchrist suggests are the roles of the left and right hemispheres. Relate it to Bolte-Taylor’s experience with stroke. Write up to 2 pp.
CLASS5: COMMUNICATION Nov. 3 What are the uses of language? The theory of mind Brain in communication, TED talk by Uri Hasson Communication and veiled intents, RSA Animates, by St. Pinker Readings: Relevance: Communication& Cognition, by D. Sperber &D. Wilson 1996, pp. 1-24, 38, 46-9,172-9 Assignment: Discussthe concept of communication in relation to an ongoing campaign or propaganda, political or other. Write up to 2 pp.
CLASS6: WORDS, MEANINGS and CONCEPTS Nov. 10 How you really make decisions, BBC Documentary Language and thought and What our habits reveal, by Steven Pinker How_your_brain_decides_what_is_beautiful? TED Talk by Anjan Chatterjee on cognitive neuroscience on the configurations of form, line and color deep in our brain Human Language series (w. N. Chomsky, MIT): What is a word? HL series, part 1: Word and meaning in children and HL series Warlpiri , part 4 A_word_game_to_communicate_in_any_language, TED Talk by Ajit Narayanan on language, autism and conversion of images to speech Readings: Semiotic Landscape, by G. Kress and T. Leuwen, in Language in Use, pp. 344-9 Language can hold the answer, by Lera Boroditsky, 2006 for a review: Semantics - File 6.1 and 6.2, and Exc. 1, 3-7, in File 6.6, in Language Files Assignment: Construct and carry out an experiment to find out the range of understanding of English borrowings into diverse languages used by speakers who learned English when 10 or older. Speculate about the mother language interference blocking the full range of meanings.
STATE HOLIDAY on Nov. 17
CLASS7: SOUNDS, SYMBOLS and MEANINGS Nov. 24 What are the differences between sounds and human sounds? The nature of speaking and sound recognition How brain creates meaning, TED Talk by Tom Wujes The linguistic genius of babies, TED presentation by Patricia Kuhl Readings: Seeds of Speech, ch. 7 To review: File 2.1-2.3 (Phonetics),prepare exc. 2, 5, 6 in File 2.8 Assignment: Prepare a proposal to carry out research on any topic affiliated with the course. Plan out when you will present it in December.
In-class MIDTERM to review concepts and readings
CLASS8: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION in CHILDREN Dec. 1 How a child learns language Why we talk and The birth of a word, TED talk by Deb Roy The_linguistic_genius_of_babies LanguageAcquisition HL series LSA archives Interview with Noam Chomsky: Chomsky interview, Early teaching Readings: Learning vs. growth, in Language in Use, by G. Diessel, pp. 313-19 Digital mind in an analog world, in Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language, by S. Pinker, HarperCollins 1994, pp. 269-87 Assignment: Learn about bilinguals’ language acquisition. Outline a questionnaire on bilingualism, distribute it to at least 10 bilingual students, and display and share the results of your search in class.
CLASS9: LANGUAGE LOGIC Dec. 8 How does mind build „logical“ sentences and „correct“ grammatical structures? Steven Pinker Words and Rules://mitworld.mit.edu/video/143 Syntax: Tram and ball, D. Slobin HL series 3 Chomsky on Universal Grammar.usingenglish Readings: Productivity and the mental lexicon, by Ingo Plag, in Language in Use, pp. 106-13 Chomsky’s UC Berkeley lecture on Language and Mind, Revisited, 2003 Review: File 5.1 and 5.4 (Syntax), prepare Exc. 1-4, 13, 14 in File 5.7 A STUDENT PRESENTATION
CLASS10: SOCIAL MEDIA affect how we think Dec. 15 Readings: How computers change the ways we think, by S. Turkle 2004, in The Chronicle of Higher Ed Thumbspeak, by L. Menand 2008, in The New Yorker Changing the hive mind: How social media manipulation affects evt., TED Talk, by T. Weninger Social media likes, TED talk, by J. Goldbeck A STUDENT PRESENTATION
CLASS11: MEMORY, RECALL and LANGUAGE Dec. 22 Language in creating memories and mediating experiences; Brain in remembering The_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory, TED Talk by Daniel Kahneman D. Kahneman fathoms the human mind: An interview with Steve Forbes The Mystery of memory, Nobel prize of Eric Kandel Readings: Language and the mediation of experience, by M. Stubbs, in Handbook of Sociolinguistics, 1998 In Search of memory, by Eric Kandel, W. W. Norton & Company 2006, pp. 1-16 A STUDENT PRESENTATION
CLASS12: Jan. 5 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS PAPERS due |