Language Processing

The course focuses on the mechanisms of language processing in production and comprehension from a psycholinguistic point of view. More specifically, the theoretical part of the course will focus on: a) the mechanisms of lexical retrieval and the variables that affect the speed of retrieval, b) the morphological decomposition of complex words, c) the syntactic processing of sentences of graded structural complexity, d) the production and comprehension of discourse, e) auditory processing, and f) semantic and pragmatic processing of written text. The practical part of the course will introduce students to up to date experimental language processing techniques, including eye tracking, online responses to a variety of language stimuli in real-time (E-prime, PsychoPy software), discourse data collection (e.g., through narrative elicitation tasks), and processing (transcription and annotation) with annotation tools for audio and video recordings (e.g., ELAN). The experimental data will be drawn from both monolingual and bilingual children of neurotypical development and from monolingual and bilingual children with neurodevelopmental disorders (Developmental Language Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder), as well as from adults with speech and language impairments, such as aphasia.

INSTRUCTOR

Eleni Peristeri
pstamatathenarc [dot] gr (Spyridoula Stamouli)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
COURSE CODE
C16
SEMESTER
Fall
COURSE TYPE
Postgraduate (PG)
ECTS
6