EPSYL Psycholinguistics

Prague City University
winter term 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Lucie Saicová Římalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with the understanding of basic concepts, approaches, and research methods of psycholinguistics.
Learning outcomes
Students will understand basic topics and methods of psycholinguistics and develop the ability to relate psycholinguistic topics to foreign language teaching.
Syllabus
  • 1. Paradigms of psycholinguistics. 2. Methods of psycholinguistics. 3. Language, cognition, biological foundations of language. 4. Factors influencing language acquisition. 5. First language acquisition. 6. Second language acquisition. 7. Bilingualism, multilingualism. 8. Speech and language disorders. 9. Mental lexicon. 10. Speech production. 11. Speech perception. 12. Reading and writing.
Literature
  • See below teacher’s information
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussions, reading, exercises and speech sample analyses
Assessment methods
attendance (max. 3 absences), active participation in class, written exam (60 % of correct answers is needed to pass)
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
Basic reccomended literature: ALTMAN, G. T. The Ascent of Babel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Other suitable sources for individual topics: FERNÁNDEZ, E. M., SMITH CAIRNS, H. Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. FIELD, J. Psycholinguistics. The Key Concepts. London and New York: Routledge, 2004. (relevant entries) HARLEY, T. A. The Psychology of Language: From Data to Theory. 4th edition. Hove and New York: Psychology Press 2014. (selected chapters) MEISEL, J. M. First and Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press, 2011. OWENS, Jr., R. E. Language Development. An Introduction. 8th edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2014. WARREN, Paul. Introducing psycholinguistics. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press. (More reading will be recommended during the semester.)
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