What is language... and is language unique to humans?

Now for the third installment in our survey of the most visited courses in the Humanities, this one featuring courses from the MIT department of Linguistics and Philosophy.

The list below has courses from both disciplines housed in this department. As with our other lists of most popular OCW sites, introductory courses predominate.

These course sites are distinguished by fascinating reading and often helpful notes. So be sure to check out their varying arrays of resources.
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For the past 26 years, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program has honored several MIT professors each year who have made outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, educational innovation, and mentoring.

This year’s awardees are Professors David Autor (economics), Christopher Capozzola (history), Shankar Raman (literature), and Merritt Roe Smith (history).

OCW is honored to share courses from all of this year’s Fellows.

In late February, MIT announced the development of a new Institute task force focused on the future of work. The interdisciplinary group, made up of more than 20 faculty and students, will study the challenges and opportunities in an age of innovation, and what impact that will have on the workforce.

If you too are interested in this important topic, you can join one of the members of the task force, Professor Tom Kochan, for his current run of the MITx course Shaping the Future of Work. In the course, you’ll learn how you can play a part in forming an economy that works for everyone. With learners from all around the world, you’ll explore how we got to where we are today, and work together to create vision for the future.

You can read more about Professor Tom Kochan’s research from past course runs in his recent post on The Conversation.

> Learn more about Shaping the Future of Work