Neurolinguistics

Code 552LL
Credits 6

Learning outcomes

Educational Goals
Biological foundations of language and analysis of the latest methods of investigation on the brain, with illustrations of the models developed in relation to the processes of production / understanding of speech in normal speakers, both monolingual and polyglots; study of the developmental and acquired disorders of language, in both oral and written mode.
Description
Object, methods and tools of investigation of neuro-linguistics: the biological foundations of language. Biological roots of language, recognized as the result of mutually reinforcing natural and socio-cultural factors; perceptive, productive and cerebral boundaries, that allow language acquisition, its nature and complexity.