BCS 259: Language Development

Cross-listed: ASL/LIN 208, COG/PSY 259
Prerequisites: BCS 110, or BCS 111, or BCS 172, or PSY 101, or LIN 110
Offered: Spring (biannually)

About this course:

A basic introduction to children's language development, including the acquisition of phonology, syntax, and semantics. The course focuses on the acquisition of a first language by young children, comparing the acquisition of a variety of spoken and signed languages to find possible universal principles of language learning.

Students taking this course should have a background in at least one of the fields pertinent to the material of the course: language structure, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, developmental psychology, or general psychology.