Admission requirements
None.
Description
How can humans engage in conversations so effortlessly, at high speed, and often without miscommunication? What are the processes and representations involved when transforming thought into spoken or signed language, and back? And how can we conduct experiments to find these things out? This course introduces core areas of psycholinguistics: the mental lexicon, sentence processing, and language production. Standard methods of psycholinguistic research will also be introduced, such as behavioural approaches (reaction time and error analyses, eye-tracking, etc.), as well as basic analysis of behavioural data.
Course objectives
A student who has successfully completed the course is able to:
describe and discuss the most relevant theories and models of language production and language comprehension
discuss and compare the main methodologies used in psycholinguistic studies
interpret and explain results from psycholinguistic experiments
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Lecture & lab visit (in small groups).
Assessment method
Assessment
Two written exams: one during mid-term (30%) and one at the end of term (60%). In addition, assessment includes class participation (10%).
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the grade for the final exam must be 5.5 or higher and the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.
Resits for both written exams can be taken on the official resit date.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review 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.
Reading list
Textbook TBA.
Additional reading (research papers or book chapters) will be announced on Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory.
Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar
For questions regarding enrollment please contact the Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats
Remarks
Participation in the course is not obligatory for the examination, but is highly recommended.