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Psycholinguistics

Course
2018-2019

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

Linguistics Bachelor

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.