Linguistics Foundations Podcast
Grammar, language universals and Malay–English code-switching.
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
10 HOURS
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Does language
reveal thought?
Language can be a powerful window on cognition—but a window that sometimes shows us things that are not there. This unit teaches you how to calibrate that window with evidence.
LO1
Describe the architecture of linguistic knowledge and apply it to real language samples.
LO2
Evaluate claims about language shaping thought, separating determinism, relativity and evidential status.
LO3
Judge whether fluent language demonstrates thought and defend the judgement with evidence.
ONE CONVENTION USED THROUGHOUT
SUPPORTED
Replicated across independent studies.
CONTESTED
Specialists actively disagree or findings are mixed.
NOT SUPPORTED
The available evidence goes the other way.
A major skill in this unit is keeping these three categories apart. Textbooks, websites and AI systems do not always do so.
LEARN + PRACTISE
Six modules, one continuous argument
Open a module for the video-style reader. Practice opens the same 10-point local self-check used in the previous LU4 version.
SUPPLIED MATERIALS
Use the local examples as data
Code-Switching Analysis Exercise
Use this with “Your Own Repertoire” to collect, locate and interpret switches.
Open worksheet ↗Brisk activity
The supplied external activity is retained as an optional route for the final reflection.
Open Brisk ↗MULTILINGUAL STUDY HELPER
Ask for a simpler explanation
English, Bahasa Malaysia, Simplified Chinese and Tamil. Use it for explanation, not formal eLEAP answers.
Ask me about language structure, acquisition, language and thought, multilingualism, aphasia or AI language competence.
LOCAL PRACTICE
Your module practice scores
Six practices × 10 points. These scores stay in this browser and are not formal eLEAP marks.