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Psycholinguistics

Aims

The module provides an overview of issues in the psychology of language, covering a selection of the following areas (not all areas will be covered each time the module is offered):

  • Speech perception, comprehension, and production
  • Speech errors
  • Language of special populations, such as aphasic language and sign language
  • Experimental methods in psycholinguistics
  • Developmental psycholinguistics
  • Psycholinguistic approaches to second language acquisition
  • Language in the brain (a brief introduction)
  • Applications of psycholinguistic research

At the end of the module the student should:

  • Have a good understanding of key issues in psycholinguistics
  • Be familiar with methods in psycholinguistic research
  • Be familiar with major results in the areas of psycholinguistics covered
  • Be able analyse psycholinguistic data
  • Be able to critically evaluate some of the issues involved in psycholinguistics

This module will be capped at 30.

About this module

  • Module name
    Psycholinguistics
  • Course code
    L27H (4190203)
  • Teacher  
    Helen Goodluck
  • Term(s) taught
    Autumn
  • Credits
    20