Open Lecture Series - The Evolution of Language
This online lecture given by Chris Smith, Head of English Language Pre-Sessional, will provide an overview of how the capacity for language evolved in humans.
About Open Lecture Series - The Evolution of Language
Join Chris Smith, Head of English Language Pre-Sessional at the Centre for Open Learning.
This lecture will provide an overview of how the capacity for language evolved in humans. It will consider philosophical and linguistic approaches to understanding the nature of language and will analyise how people learn language.
This exploration will lead us to a model where we see language not as a system of words and grammar but as communication between humans.
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