This module builds on LG115-4-AU (Psycholinguistics I) and LG116-4-SP (Psycholinguistics II) and focuses on language processing (i.e. psycholinguistics in the 'narrow' sense). This is an introduction to psycholinguistics, the study of how humans learn, represent, comprehend, and produce language. Topics covered in the course are likely to include visual and auditory recognition of words, sentence comprehension, sentence production, language acquisition, and the neural representation of language. Specific questions to be addressed include:
* How do we perceive and recognise speech?
* How are words and concepts stored in our mind?
* How do we recognise written words?
* How do we comprehend sentences and texts, and how do we process non-literal language?
Students will be given the opportunity to gain some practical experience with the elaboration of a research poster.
* How do we perceive and recognise speech?
* How are words and concepts stored in our mind?
* How do we recognise written words?
* How do we comprehend sentences and texts, and how do we process non-literal language?
Students will be given the opportunity to gain some practical experience with the elaboration of a research poster.