Language: structure, perception, reading and bilingualism

This lesson is part of the full course.

In it you will learn to:

• Count phonemes and morphemes and distinguish syntax, semantics and pragmatics
• Explain categorical perception, the McGurk effect, phonemic restoration and garden-path sentences
• Describe word recognition and reading, including the dual-route model and the two classic acquired dyslexias
• Evaluate claims about language and thought, nonverbal communication, animal communication and bilingualism