Ling480 Abnormal Language (Senior+) 2004 MIT
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MIT
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Instructors:
Prof. Ken Wexler Mr. Christopher Hirsch Level Undergraduate / Graduate
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The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. (Image from the WebMuseum Web site. Photographs of Bruegel works in WebMuseum by Mark Harden and Carol Gerten-Jackson.)
Course Highlights
This course features a complete bibliography of readings.
Course Description
Introduction to the linguistic study of language pathology,
concentrating on experimental approaches and theoretical explanations.
Discussion of Specific Language Impairment, autism, Down syndrome,
Williams syndrome, normal aging, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's
disease, hemispherectomy and aphasia. Focuses on the comparison of
linguistic abilities among these syndromes, while drawing clear
comparisons with first and second language acquisition. Topics include
the lexicon, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Relates the
lost linguistic abilities in these syndromes to properties of the
brain.
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