APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Academic Year 2019/2020 - 2° Year - Curriculum Curriculum A - Clinico - Riabilitativo
Teaching Staff: Vivian Milagros DE LA CRUZ
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: L-LIN/01 - GLOTTOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: L-LIN/01 - GLOTTOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
The course will introduce students to the general principles of Psycholinguistics and to examples of applied research in the field. Particular attention will be devoted to the cognitive processes underlying the comprehension and production of language and the neuroanatomical correlates of linguistic processing, in monolinguals, bilinguals and in adult second language learners.
Course Structure
Classroom lectures.
Detailed Course Content
The course will address the following topics:
- The study of language as a cognitive faculty
- Psycholinguistic theories and research methods used in the field
- Phases of child language acquisition
- Language and the brain
- Linguistic processing in monolinguals and bilinguals
- The principal pathologies that alter linguistic processing
- Examples of applied research in the field
Textbook Information
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Cacciari, C., La Psicologia del Linguaggio, Il Mulino, 2011 (seconda edizione)
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Additional readings for the course will be made available on Studium.