Research methdos
Biological
and psychological foundations of language
Language processing
Bilingualism and multilingualism
COURSES WE OFFER
Core subjects:
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Language processing
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Research methods
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Bilingualism and multilingualism
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Biological and psychological foundations of language
Subject seminars:
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Psycholinguistic aspects of translation and interpreting
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I can read it in your eyes – introduction to eye-tracking research in psycholinguistics
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Cognitive linguistics
Supplementary seminars:
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The exploration of multilingualism: selected issues in third or additional language acquisition
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Clinical linguistics
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Anticipation in communication; or how do we guess
This course is an up-to-date introduction to the neuroscience of language. It guides students through all of the major areas of language in the brain investigations, beginning with fundamental aspects of brain structure and functions, and then proceeding to cover the perception, production and comprehension of speech, and written language. Drawing heavily on prominent theoretical models that inspire empirical research on language in mind/brain interactions, we will study how the theory about language in the brain is supported, or challenged, by experiments employing diverse brain mapping techniques. Although inherently challenging, the course, requires no previous knowledge of neuroscience. Technical terms, neural and mental principles of operation will be introduced and explained along the way. The classes aim at stimulating interest, and discussion on the neurobiology of language, and are meant to help students understand the neural underpinnings of language, so that they have a better insight into the mind/brain mechanics when planning, and designing their own M.A. projects.
The aim of this course is to familiarize the students with the basic knowledge of planning, designing and performing an experiment, as well as analyzing the results. Basic notions such as variables, validity, reliability, scales of measurement or ethics will be presented in relation to psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic research. Furthermore, basic statistical analyses will be discussed. At the end of the course students will be able to read and evaluate research reported in scientific journals, formulate good research hypotheses and select research methods to test them, design a simple psycholinguistic experiment, as well as select and perform basic statistical analyses such as t-test or ANOVA to analyze the results.
The aim of this course is to develop students’ understanding of the relationship between multiple languages and the processes taking place in the brain and mind of a bilingual/multilingual speaker. During the course students get to know methods used in psycholinguistic research and learn to interpret the types of results these methods have uncovered. At the end of course, students should be able to: list major processes involved in bilingual/multilingual language processing and storage, describe the methods used to experimentally test hypotheses in psycholinguistics of bilingualism and multilingualism and describe theoretical models of lexical organization and processing both in bilingual and multilingual contexts.
The aim of this course is familiarize students with basic concepts related to language and its processing in the human mind. During the course students develop understanding of the processes involved visual and auditory word recognition, examine experimental paradigms used in research on language processing and interpret the types of results this paradigms have uncovered. At the end of course, students should be able to: define and explain fundamental concepts in psycholinguistics related to memory, language and learning, briefly discuss models of language comprehension, describe a selection of paradigms used to experimentally test hypotheses concerning language processing in humans as well as list major findings from research on visual and auditory language processing.