Identifying Data 2015/16
Subject (*) Cognición e procesos cognitivos en lingua inglesa Code 613505011
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Estudos Ingleses Avanzados e as súas Aplicacións (2013)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
 First Optativa 3
Language
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Filoloxía Inglesa
Coordinador
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Lecturers
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Web http://www.imaes.eu/?page_id=31
General description Toda la información relativa tanto a esta materia como al resto del Máster la pueden encontrar en la dirección Web arriba señalada.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 E01 – Familiarity with the main research models in linguistic research.
A4 E04 – Familiarity with cognition and processing studies within the scope of research into English linguistics.
B6 G01 –The capacity to delve into those concepts, principles, theories or models related with the different fields of English Studies is a necessary skill, as is the ability to solve specific problems in a particular field of study via appropriate methodology.
B10 G05 – Skills related to research and the handling of new knowledge and information in the context of English Studies are to be acquired by students
B15 G10 – The ability to present and defend a research project using adequate terminology and resources appropriate to the field of study is a skill which should be acquired.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
This course constitutes an introduction to psycholinguistics and language processing. Psycholiguistics is the discipline that studies how the human mind (and, ultimately, the human brain) stores and uses language on-line. The course seeks to provide students with basic knowledge about the psychological reality of language and of the way in which the mind makes use (or not) of grammatical knowledge in ordinary language use. AR1
AR4
 BR6
BR10
BR15

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction to psycholinguistics: aims, scope and methods.
2. Experience or genes. Innateness.
3. The biology of language. Acquisition.
4. Words in the mind.
5. Syntactic comprehension.
6. Language production

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Seminar A1 A4 B6 B10 B15 14 60 74
 
Personalized attention 1 0 1
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Seminar Lectures and seminars, combined with online coursework.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Seminar
Description
Class attendance is complusory.
The teacher is available in office hours, and also via e-mail.


Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Seminar A1 A4 B6 B10 B15 Attendance to class is compulsory.
Active participation in class: 20%
Course assignments: 60%
Oral and written skills; correct structuring and presentation of the course assignments: 20%
 100
 
Assessment comments

Sources of information
Basic

Aitchison, J. 2008. The Articulate Mammal. London: Unwin Hyman.
Aitchison, J. 2001. Language Change: Progress or Decay? Cambridge: C.U.P.
Aitchison, J. 2003. Words in the Mind. Oxford: Blackwell.
Aitchison, J. 1996. The Seeds of Speech. Cambridge: C.U.P .
Altman, G. 1997. The Ascent of Babel. Oxford: O.U.P.
Carroll, D.W. 2008. Psychology of Language. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole.
Field, John. 2004. Psycholinguistics: a resource book for students. London: Routledge.
Field, John. 2005. Language and the mind. London: Routledge.
Garman, M. 1990. Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: C.U.P .
Jackendoff, R. 1993. Patterns in the Mind. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Jackendoff, R. 2002. Foundations of language. Oxford: O.U.P.
Pinker, S. 1994. The Language Instinct. London: Penguin.
Steinberg, D. 1993. An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Harlow, Essex: Longman.

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.