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From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning to identify the processes in the brain that are related to understanding language. This free course, From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language, looks at how language is understood by taking an interdisciplinary approach.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- recognise definitions and applications of key terms relating to mental health
- understand and apply basic grammatical terminology
- describe briefly the different types of sounds used in speech in both acoustic and articulatory terms
- outline the key features of human language as compared to the vocalisations of other species
- describe the complex psychological processes involved in decoding even simple sentences of spoken language.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 02/03/2016
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I completed the course over a long period of time. I was surprised to note the high level of the course content and how detailed the information was. The course gave an excellent grounding in the complexities of sound recognition, speech and processing that was infomration, interesting and relevant.
Although in some ways it was tough going and difficult to process, reviewing it over several occasions led to a greater understanding and so perhaps the level of study time, for me at least, was longer than it otherwise might have beenbut it was interesting enought to want to get the most out of.