Psycholinguistics

ENGL 4420EED

Course Guide

Psycholinguistics

ENGL 4420EED

Course Guide

Psycholinguistics

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Course Coordinator:

Dr Emily Ge, BA (SISU); MA (HKU); MPhil, PhD (CUHK)

Course Developer:

Dr Tiffany Ip

Aims

This course aims to help students to define basic concepts in the study of language from a psychological perspective, understand the mechanisms and processes of language in relation to cognition and psychology, apply theories and models of psycholinguistics, and develop a critical perspective on the empirical studies in the field of psycholinguistics.

Contents

Foundations of psycholinguistics (biological basis of language; language and brain; linguistic principles and psychological mechanism; themes and controversies in modern psycholinguistics)
Research methods in psycholinguistics (behavioural methods; neurophysiological methods)
Language processing (speech comprehension; speech production; word processing; sentence processing; discourse processing)
Language development in different populations (language development in early childhood; the psycholinguistics of bilingualism; language processing in special populations)

Learning support

There will be four two-hour tutorials.

Assessment

Assignment 1: Short-answer questions (30%)
Assignment 2: Review of a research article in psycholinguistics (30%)
Assignment 3: A research project on a psycholinguistic topic (40%)

Online requirement

Except for some designated assignments, students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)

Traxler, M. J. (2011). Introduction to psycholinguistics: Understanding language science. Wiley-Blackwell.