认知科学和语言学是试图了解人类思想和经验的两门学科。认知科学是心理学的一个领域，它检查思想及其过程，包括情感，思想，创造力和语言。语言学是对各种形式的语言的研究，包括自然语言的发展，组织和使用。在麦克马斯特，他们聚在一起形成了独特的本科课程：语言认知科学。该计划结合了人文和科学方面的课程和概念，并提供了不同的重点领域：言语和语言病理学准备（SLP），语言和社会生活以及认知科学。SLP流中的课程将确保学生获得语音和语言病理学研究生学位的必要先决条件，并包括与实践语言病理学家的临床实习。
The study of psychology and the mind comes together with Linguistics to create our unique program: Cognitive Science of Language. Cognitive Science, an area of psychology, examines the mind and its functions, including emotion, memory, creativity, and language. Linguistics is the study of language in all of its forms, including natural language development, organization, and use. At McMaster, they come together to form a unique undergraduate program: Cognitive Science of Language.<br>This program looks at how language is represented and processed, from both functional neurobiological perspectives, investigating speech production, speech perception, and reading and writing across all age groups, in both first and second languages.<br>We also examine cases of normal and impaired language, including developmental disorders and those acquired through strokes or other brain injuries.