| Field of Study: | Linguistic, Comparative, and Rel. Lang. Studies and Services, Other
Linguistics
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| Description: | The Linguistics in Clinical Research Master's degree program is intended for outstanding students with a BA in Communication Disorders, Psychology, Brain Sciences, Special Education or similar fields, who are interested in getting a deeper understanding of the linguistic basis of their field. The studies, closely linked with one of the leading brain science research centers in the world, greatly deepen students' understanding of how language works and deal with issues important to Israeli society, including first and second language acquisition, the cognitive and neural basis of reading acquisition and dyslexia, language assessment in multilingual societies, linguistics characteristics of psychiatric disorders, and more.
The program of studies includes courses in general linguistics meant to provide the student with a solid foundation in areas such as phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and psycholinguistics. Advanced courses and seminars are offered in specific research areas, such as the acquisition of morphology, syntax, and semantics, language and schizophrenia, language and autism, language and reading disorders, specific language impairment, and bilingualism. |
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Cost is an approximation, converted to CAD from ILS. |