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Cognitive Linguistics - HLIN482

Honours NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain insights into the relationship between language and cognition, and to apply current cognitive linguistic theories of grammar and semantics to discourse related research. This module would be useful for anyone interested in the symbolic and interactive functions of language or related research pertaining to the meaning-making process as is done in other cognitive fields such as philosophy of mind and cognitive psychology.