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.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Fieldwork Lecture
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites: PSYC105
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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