By Olga DumerBy Olga Dumer

Linguistics: The mirror of the mind?Linguistics: The mirror of the mind?

How languages evolve

What is our course about? What is our course about?

What differs language from other signal systems?What differs language from other signal systems?

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857 – 1913), Ferdinand de Saussure (1857 – 1913), the father of structural linguistics the father of structural linguistics

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What was new?What was new?

Good Grammar, Bad Grammar

Paul Broca and Carl WernickePaul Broca and Carl Wernicke

Different types of aphasias

Broca's aphasia:

Do we really learn our native language?Do we really learn our native language?

The stages of language acquisitionThe stages of language acquisition