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Lund University
Linguistics: The Origins of Language
<p>The course deals with current interdisciplinary research on the origins of language. Focus is placed on the relationship between biological and cultural evolution and physiological and neural conditions for language from the perspective of evolution. Furthermore, the course addresses animal communication, experim…
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Overview
<p>The course deals with current interdisciplinary research on the origins of language. Focus is placed on the relationship between biological and cultural evolution and physiological and neural conditions for language from the perspective of evolution. Furthermore, the course addresses animal communication, experiments on language acquisition in primates and other animals, the relationship between mind and language and different hypotheses on the origins of language and evaluation of these on the basis of empirical evidence.</p> <p>The course is an elective component of the Master of Arts programme in Language and Linguistics (HASPV). It is also offered as a freestanding course and can be included in a first or second cycle degree.</p><p>https://www.sol.lu.se/en/course/LINN25/</p>
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Students must have 90 credits, of which at least 60 credits must be in a language or linguistics (general linguistics or phonetics), and English 6/English course B, or the equivalent.
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- Skolverket Susa-navet
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- 2026-03-23
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- Education offering e.uoh.lu.linn25.75553.20261
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- 2026-09-23T10:38:26.989764+00:00
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- 8e217193-f5fa-4778-b085-a4521fd03e8d
- Education identity in the source
- i.uoh.lu.linn25.75553.20261
- Offering identity in the source
- e.uoh.lu.linn25.75553.20261
- Education-form source code
- HS
- Education code in the source
- LINN25
- Change time according to the source
- 2025-07-16T11:38:04
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