Language and the Mind. Episode 12, Mastering the Structure of Language
(2020)
Nonfiction
eCourse
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
11736460
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Explore the many ways in which the mind is wired from birth to see structure in language. Delve into how children utilize Bayesian learning to understand language (making predictions of meaning based on their current evidence and prior knowledge). This process, by which they update their future predictions in a never-ending loop, is the perfect innate mechanism for language acquisition and more
Film
In Process Record
Spencer D. Kelly
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English