The MA elective course titled “The Cognitive Neuroscience of Language” is about the neuroscientific processing of language comprehension and production in adult speakers (e.g. auditory and visual word recognition, reading, understanding speech, discourse comprehension, representation of word meaning, language production). It also covers damage to the linguistic processing system such as different forms of aphasia (e.g. dyslexia, anomia, etc.) and bilingualism. That is, most areas of psycho- and neurolinguistics will be touched upon, but mainly from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. Therefore, previous knowledge of cognitive neuroscience and/or psycho- and neurolinguistics is desirable. The course will make use of the textbook by Trevor Harley – The Psychology of Language. From Data to Theory (3rd edition. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis, 2008) and occasional articles distributed via Blackboard.
Timetable
Check the website of of the Linguistics Department for the Lecture Timetable.
Method of instruction
Seminar
Literature
Harley, T.A. – The Psychology of Language: From Data to Theory. Third edition. Hove and New York: Psychology Press, 2008 & additional articles”
Examination
Written exam and paper
Information
This course is organized by Prof. Dr. N.O. Schiller with contributions from Dr. W. La Heij and Dr. I. Christoffels (both Cognitive Psychology)