Psycholinguistics
Objectives
By the end of the course, students should:
a) understand how language works and its connection with other domains of human cognition (atention, memory, reasoning)
b) describe the mechanisms and representations underlying language in the various grammar domains (phonology, morphology, sintax and semantics), both in comprehension and production, in written and spoken language
c) describe research methods in Psycholinguistics
General characterization
Code
01100012
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Joana Alexandra Vaz Teixeira
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Costa, M. A. (2016). Psicolinguística e ciência cognitiva. In A. M. Martins & E. Carrilho (Eds.), Manual de linguística portuguesa (pp. 336-368). De Gruyter.
Costa, M. A. (2005). Processamento de frases em português europeu. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Fernández, E., & Cairns, H. (2011). The fundamentals of psycholinguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Fernández, E., & Cairns, H. (Eds.) (2018). The handbook of psycholinguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Gaskell, M. G. (Ed.) (2007). The Oxford handbook of psycholinguistics. Oxford University Press.
Sedivy, J. (2019). Language in mind: An introduction to psycholinguistics. Oxford University Press.
Warren, P. (2013). Introducing psycholinguistics. Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
Classes involve a theoretical component and a practical component. The practical work includes exercises, watching and commenting on documentaries, and discussing scientific papers.
Evaluation method
Assessment is based on:
(i) 2 written tests (70% - 35% each);
(ii) a written assignment (30%).
Subject matter
1. Psycholinguistics in the context of cognitive science
2. Language, brain and cognition
3. Speech perception and word recognition
4. Morphological processing: derived words and inflected words
5. Syntactic processing: syntactic ambiguity, filler-gap dependencies and referential dependencies
6. Language production: from conceptualisation to articulation
7. Research methodologies in psycholinguistics: priming, response times, eye tracking, brain imaging and electrophysiology