LING-UA 31 - Form, Meaning, and the Mind

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New York University

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Deals with the relationship between cognitive organization on the one hand and the interaction Department of Linguistics between syntax and semantics in natural language. Focuses on the debate within cognitive science as to whether or not the mind is modular (divided into distinct faculties, such as language, vision, and perhaps others). Discusses the relationship of this debate to the debate within linguistics as to whether or not syntax is an autonomous component of a grammar that feeds semantics but does not depend on semantics itself for its functioning. Examines works in cognitive science about modularity and works in linguistics that bear on the question of the autonomy of syntax.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

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(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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