From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
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Discover the fascinating complexity of human communication and language understanding in this interdisciplinary course. Learn key terms, grammatical concepts, and the psychological processes involved in decoding spoken language. Enhance your knowledge of mental health and explore the unique features of human language compared to other species. Enroll now!
Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning to identify the processes in the brain that are related to understanding language. This free course, From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language, looks at how language is understood by taking an interdisciplinary approach.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Recognise definitions and applications of key terms relating to mental health
Understand and apply basic grammatical terminology
Describe briefly the different types of sounds used in speech in both acoustic and articulatory terms
Outline the key features of human language as compared to the vocalisations of other species
Describe the complex psychological processes involved in decoding even simple sentences of spoken language.
