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Psycholinguistics - OPNA3A034A

Title:	Psycholingvistika
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	4
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year:	0 [hours]
Capacity:	15 / 15 (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc.
Teacher(s):	doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc.
Pre-requisite :	OPNA3A011A
Is pre-requisite for:	OPNA3A043A, OPNA3A042A

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Annotation -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (07.09.2023)

This course introduces language as a unique product of cognitive processes of human mind, differing from any other type of communication. It shows how language is used to organize human thought and to categorize experience, which is why it is indispensable even for teaching. Topics: 1. Introduction; history and position of psycholinguistics, research objectives, key concepts; theories of language origin; 2. Animal and human communication; non-verbal communication; sign language 3. Biological foundations of language. Properties of human language and language competence. 4. First language acquisition 5. Memory; information processing; mental lexicon 6. Comprehension and Production; Meaning representation 7. Production and reception of discourse;Theory of schemata; Informativity 8. Language skills (speaking, writing, reading, listening) 9. Brain and language;language disorders; language loss; 10. Bilingualism 11. Psycholinguistic research and experiment

Descriptors -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (07.09.2023)

E-credits: 4

Self-study of literature 10 hours

Working with study materials 20 hours

Assignments 30 hours

Preparation for the final exam 20 hours

Literature -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (07.09.2023)

AITCHISON, Jean. The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. 5th edition London & New York: Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0415610186

FERNÁNDEZOVÁ, Eva M. a CAIRNSOVÁ-SMITHOVÁ, Helen. Základy psycholingvistiky. Praha: Karolinum. 2014. ISBN 978-80-246-2435-8.

FIELD, John. Psycholinguistics. A Resource Book for Students. London & New York: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 978-0415276009

FIELD, John. Psycholinguistics: Key Concepts. London & New York: Routledge, 2004. ISBN 978-0415258913

GROSJEAN, F., & LI, P.The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism. John Wiley & Sons,Chichester, 2012. ISBN 9781444332797.

NEBESKÁ, Iva. Úvod do psycholingvistiky. Praha: H&H, 1992. ISBN 80-85467-75-5

OWENS, Robert E. JR. Language Development: An Introduction. 8th edition. London: Pearson, 2011. ISBN 978-0132582520

SCOVEL, Thomas. Psycholinguistics. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 0 19 437213 8

WARREN, Paul. Introducing Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 5th printing, 2017. ISBN 978-0-521-130-56-1.

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (07.09.2023)

SYLLABUS 23

LECTURES

10/10/23 L: Introduction to psycholinguistics; history and position of psycholinguistics; theories of language origin;

17/10/23 Language acquisition; critical period; language and aging; loss of language

24/10/23 Language comprehension

31/10 - 21/11/23 (Missed classes - teaching practice)

28/11/23 Language production

5/12/23 Language skills (speaking, writing, reading,listening); bilingualism

12/12/23 Bilingualism

19/12/23 Language, mind and brain; language centres; language disorders; memory; mental lexicon;

2/1/24 (Lecture replaced by Student presentations of small-scale psycholinguistic experiments)

SEMINARS:

Seminar activities will include various practical exercises, comprehension tasks, discussions, small-scale psycholinguistic experiments, and presentations of reviews of relevant professional research.

SYLLABUS FOR SEMINARS:

10/10/23 LECTURE: Communication: animal and human; verbal and non-verbal; sign language; properties of human language

17/10/23 Student reviews of psycholinguistic studies

24/10/23 Student reviews of psycholinguistic studies

28/11/23 Student reviews of psycholinguistic studies

5/12/23 Student reviews of psycholinguistic studies

12/12/23 Student presentations of their small-scale experiments

19/12/23 Student presentations of their small-scale experiments

2/1/24 Student presentations of their small-scale experiments

Course completion requirements -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (07.09.2023)

● Active participation in seminars (max. two missed classes)

● A review of two recent studies dealing with a similar and relevant psycholinguistic topic taking the form of in-class presentation

● Carrying out a small-scale psycholinguistic research/ experiment, and presenting the findings in seminars

● Submitting hard copy versions of both, the review of psycholinguistic studies (at least two pages) and the small-scale psycholinguistic experiment (at least three pages), meeting all the formal and content standards, by the end of the first week of the exam period

● Theoretical test verifying the candidate´s familiarity with essential concepts in Psycholinguistics taking the form of a Multiple-choice test (30 minutes, min. requirement for a pass: 11/15pts) and Open tasks (30 minutes, min. requirement for a pass: 10/15pts). The candidate has three attempts to pass the test. The candidate´s proficiency and formulation skills are included in the assessment criteria.