This module is designed to deepen your understanding of major trends in psycholinguistics and language processing. We focus primarily on current models of processing, emphasizing the interaction of different levels of representation, memory and the role of prediction.
Pre-requisite modules
Co-requisite modules
- None
Prohibited combinations
- None
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
The primary goal of this module is to deepen your understanding of major trends in sentence processing and psycholinguistics. We will focus on critically discussing primary literature in language processing.
Discussion will primarily center around a critical evaluation of the readings, and how they help us evaluate our models of language processing. Secondarily, we aim to enhance your understanding of the technical sides of psycholinguistic papers, including the critical components of experimental methods and statistical analysis.
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
The module will cover a selection of topics in language processing, including the following areas: (this list is not exhaustive and not all areas will be covered each time the module is offered):
• Current models of dependency formation
• Prosodic Processing
• Processing thematic dependencies
• Processing morphosyntactic dependencies
• Processing referential dependencies
• Processing A-bar dependencies
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 85 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 15 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 85 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 15 |
• Weekly group level feedback on formative exercises will be provided at the seminar
• Feedback on in class presentation will be provided in class
• Feedback for final essay will be provided 25 working days after the deadline
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