TEACHING: THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE
This module followed on
from module 5SSEL020 - The Making of Language. Where The Making of
Language combined two areas of language teaching (language creation and
language origins), The Origins of Language concentrated on language origins
only, while language construction was covered by 5SSEL026 – Constructing a
Language.
The files associated
with the 2020 session, the final year that the module ran, are available
below.
Module Guide and General Files
Module Guide
Introductory
PowerPoint
Article: Evidence Rebuts Chomsky
Learn
from the wise: YouTube videos
Origins
of Words, and other lexical features
List
of References Used in Lectures
Primate evolution in pictures
Using Word to make your work more readable
Writing Abstracts or Summaries or Conclusions
Lecture PowerPoints
Lecture
1 - What is language, and why is it an evolutionary conundrum?
Lecture
2 - Animal communication
Lecture
3 - Teaching animals to use human language
Lecture
4 - How human children acquire language
Lecture
5 - Sound and gesture
Lecture
6 - Tools and cognitive complexity
Lecture
8 - Human cooperation and sharing
Lecture 8 extra - The Strange Case of Monty Haul
Lecture
9 - Socialisation and culture
Lecture
10 - Self-awareness and language
Lecture 10 extra - Things Do Things to Things
Lecture handouts
Lecture 1 - What is language, and why is it an evolutionary
conundrum?
Lecture 2 - Animal communication
Lecture 3 - Teaching animals to use human language
Lecture 4 - How human children acquire language
Lecture 4 - Handout – Models of Child Language Acquisition
Lecture 5 - Sound and gesture
Lecture 6 - Tools and cognitive complexity
Lecture 8 - Human cooperation and sharing
Lecture 9 - Socialisation and culture
Lecture 10 - Self-awareness and language
Lecture 10 - Handout - Things Do Things to Things
Lecture discussion tasks
Lecture
1
Lecture
2
Lecture
3
Lecture
4
Lecture
5 Game
Lecture 5 Game Cards
Lecture
6
Lecture
8
Lecture
9
Lecture
10
Marking Criteria
Marking
criteria - Abstract
Marking
criteria - Essay
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