Psychology of Language
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4036 | English | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ENGL4036
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module considers three fundamental and interrelated questions about psycholinguistics: 1. acquisition, or how language is acquired; 2. comprehension, or how words, sentences, and discourse are understood; and 3. production, or how words, sentences, and conversations are produced. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: lexical influences on sentence comprehension and production; first and second language acquisition; reading; language disorders (e.g., dyslexia, aphasia).
Target Students
Only available to on-site postgraduate students in the School of English.
Classes
- One 2-hour seminar each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 30% Presentation: Presentation of a research article
- 70% Project: 3,000 word project on psycholinguistic study
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
One 4000 word essay end of semesteressay.The goal of this module is to survey and critically examine recent literature on how linguistic knowledge influences first and second language acquisition, comprehension, and production. Further, students will learn to carry out their own psycholinguistic research and evaluate it in terms of the literature.Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this module:
- will gain knowledge about key issues in first and second language processing and acquisition;
- will learn to critically review the literature;
- will develop presentation skills;
- will learn to generate hypothesis and develop the skills to test them;
- will learn how to conduct psycholinguistic research;
- will develop skills to write a research paper that reviews the literature and evaluates their own findings with regards to the literature.
Conveners
- Prof Kathryn Conklin
Last updated 07/01/2025.