{"id":38093,"date":"2020-10-08T18:04:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=38093"},"modified":"2020-10-08T18:05:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:05:25","slug":"language-and-cognition-from-theory-to-application-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=38093&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Language and cognition: from theory to application"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instructor<\/strong>: Associate professor Renata Geld, PhD
\nCourse title:<\/strong> Language and cognition: from theory to application<\/em>
\nLanguage<\/strong>: English
\nNumber of hours per semester: <\/strong>30 hours
\nECTS: <\/strong>4 credits
\nLevel<\/strong>: graduate (open to all graduate students of English)<\/span><\/p>\n

Course content: <\/strong>Students attending this course will be encouraged to discover and re-discover the nature of language and its relation to various aspects of cognition, as well as hypothesize the relevance of this relationship for various fields of science and everyday life. They will situate linguistics and language within the realm of cognitive science, and they will be invited to discuss the importance of interdisciplinary thought in education. <\/span><\/p>\n

Special attention will be given to the construct of creativity. It will be discussed by relating the nature of mechanisms that occur in language and thought with processes that underlie various forms of human creation, ideas and \u201eproducts\u201c. Being a sophisticated and complex phenomenon, language offers numerous insights into how our mind works, i.e. how language relates to thought. The aim of this course is to introduce the fundamental notions related to human conceptual organization and discuss evidence supporting the idea that language communicates with other cognitive processes. The interrelation between language and our perceptual and conceptual knowledge opens up possibilities to investigate how human interaction with the world and our specific sensory experience affects the nature of language as well as other forms of human creation. In sum, we shall attempt to unpack creative processes by assuming that language and thought may serve as a supreme starting point for discussing creativity in various walks of life and forms of human creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The course structure:
\nWeek 1<\/strong> \u2013 Introduction to central notions and students\u2019 existing knowledge and\/or beliefs about them (part I): linguistics vis-\u00e0-vis cognitive science, human mind, language and general cognitive processes (attention, categorization, perspective, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 2<\/strong> – Introduction to central notions and students\u2019 existing knowledge and\/or beliefs about them (part II): perception, mental imagery, concepts and conceptualization, experience and linguistic meaning construal, conceptual integration and creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Week <\/strong>3<\/strong>\u2013 Linguistics, cognitive science, and significance of interdisciplinarity.
\nWeek <\/strong>4<\/strong> \u2013 Students\u2019 reports (students\u2019 field(s) of interest and future profession, motivation for joining the course, and tentative ideas about the importance of fundamental notions introduced); the way we think, the way we learn, the way we teach.
\nWeek <\/strong>5<\/strong>\u2013 Conceptual integration and human creativity \u2013 part I
\nWeek <\/strong>6<\/strong>\u2013 Conceptual integration and human creativity \u2013 part II
\nWeek 7<\/strong> \u2013 Continual assessment.
\nWeek 8<\/strong> \u2013 The nature of multimodal meaning construal.
\nWeek 9 \u2013 <\/strong>Brainstorming and discussing ideas for individual micro-projects.
\nWeek 10 \u2013 <\/strong>Presentation of topics for micro-projects.
\nWeek 11<\/strong> \u2013 How to test theoretical assumptions, conduct research, and apply relevant findings.
\nWeek 12<\/strong> \u2013 Consolidation and revision.
\nWeek 13 \u2013 <\/strong>Students\u2019 reports (micro-projects).
\nWeek 14 \u2013<\/strong> Students\u2019 reports (micro-projects).
\nWeek 15 \u2013<\/strong> Students\u2019 reports (micro-projects).<\/span><\/p>\n

Required reading: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n