3.4 Language and thought

• Language in the brain
• Neurological and cognitive nature of language disorders
• Reading
• Bilingual and multilingualism

Other language topics:

• Communication in other species: do other animals process the same type of languages? People have vast different views on this.
  • a finite list of calls
  • a continuous analog signal, e.g. bees
  • random variations on a theme, e.g. birds

  No: phonology, morphology, syntax

• What about primates trained by humans?
  • Few words
  • Very slow learning
  • Limited ordering

Language processing

Language and thought:

• does the language you learn change the way you think?
• is language necessary for abstract thought?