2009 Course Handbook
PSY238: Introduction to Psycholinguistics
This unit introduces a psychological perspective into the study of language. Rather than focusing solely on the structure of language, we will be concerned with the way in which native speaker-hearers' knowledge of language is represented in the brain, and the psychological processes that are involved in acquiring and using that internalised knowledge. Topics covered in the course include: word recognition, skilled reading and reading development, acquired and developmental reading disorders, acquired spelling disorders, sentence comprehension, semantic memory and the neuropsychology of semantic memory, language production, aphasia, and first language acquisition, both normal and disordered.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Linda Cupples, Linguistics staff |
| Prerequisites: | LING110(P) or (PSY104(P) and PSY105(P)) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | LING214 |
| Unit Designations: | Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Psychology |
Timetable Information
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