Admission requirements
None.
Students who are not enrolled in the BA Linguistics should first contact the coordinator of studies, Else van Dijk. Self-enrollment is not allowed for this course.
Description
This course provides a basic overview in subjects and methods of psycholinguistic research. The main aim of the course is to provide an introduction to core areas of psycholinguistics: lexicon, sentence structure, production and perception, as well as language and biology.
Course objectives
Students gain insights into the most important problems and concepts of language production and sentence comprehension.
Students become familiar with the most relevant psycholinguistic theories and models of language production and language comprehension.
Students are introduced to the most important psycholinguistic research methods for language production and language comprehension.
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Course load
Total time: 140 hours (5 EC) of which:
Classes: (4 h a week x 7 weeks =) 28 h
Two exams (mid-term & final): 2 h each
Reading compulsory literature: 108 h
Assessment method
Two partial multiple choice examinations in written form. Both count for 50% and need to be sufficient.
Both partial examinations can be resat in the same resit.
Exam review
How and when the examination will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
General announcements
PowerPoint lecture material
Exercises
Any additional literature – within the copyright limits
Reading list
Trevor A. Harley (2014), The Psychology of Language. From Data to Theory (4th edition), Hove and New York: Psychology Press.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
Students - not registered as students BA Linguistics – who would like to enroll in this course should first contact the coordinator of studies, Else van Dijk
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
For questions you can contact the teachers: Niels Schiller or Dr. J. Witteman
Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats
E-mailaddress Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats: osz-oa-wijkplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Coordinator of Studies: E.A. van Dijk, MSc
Remarks
Participation in the course is not obligatory for the examination, but is highly recommended.