Course Details in 2026/27 Session

Module Title	LH Language and the Mind
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Eng Lang and Linguistics
Module Code	09 26649
Module Lead	Jeannette Littlemore
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
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Description	The module covers all the key areas in psycholinguistics that relate to language representation and development in the mind. It also includes work from the emerging discipline of cognitive linguistics, which is gaining worldwide popularity. Topics are likely to include: cognitive linguistic approaches to language, language representation in the mind, language schemata and long term memory, embodied cognition, construal and categorisation, construction grammars, motivated meaning, language and gesture, the relationship between language and image schemas, the relationship between language and gesture, the bilingual mind, neurolinguistics, language disorders, language evolution, Universal Grammar, usage-based theories of language acquisition, and data-based explorations of child language acquisition.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts in Cognitive Linguistics, and relate these to real examples from different languages. Demonstrate an understanding of research methodology in this field of study and what these can tell us about language representation and processing. Evaluate published research papers on the topics above and understand how their results contribute to theoretical models and understanding. Demonstrate an understanding of experimental design and data analysis and apply this to their own research projects.
Assessment	26649-01 : Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 4,000 word assignment (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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