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Academic Year 2004/2005

Language and Cognitive Processes
PSYC 223 FA

This course is a survey of research issues in psycholinguistics, emphasizing language as part of a broader system of human cognition and action. We examine the psychological processes by which people plan, produce, understand and remember speech sounds, words, sentences, paragraphs and larger stretches of discourse; the influence of contextual and pragmatic factors on speaking and understanding; the social functions of language; how children learn language; and the relation between different systems of language, such as human and animal communication.

MAJOR READINGS

Aitchison, Jean (1998) THE ARTICULATE MAMMAL: AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three, non-cumulative, in-class exams (combination of question-types), and a short analytic paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Additional Requirements and/or Comments not known

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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