PSYC320

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PSYC320

Language and Cognitive Processes PSYC320 FA

Next Offered in 9798 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

One textbook on psychology and language
and one introductory linguistics paperback.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several mini papers (two page maximum), two in-class exams asking a subset of essay questions distributed in advance, one longer paper (10-12 pages).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Fieldwork Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: PSYC105

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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Reference:

Clark, Herbert H. and Eve V., PSYCOLOGY AND LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, United States: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., 1977

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