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Issues in Psycholinguistic Inquiry - LING5029

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of International Studies

Course Outline: School of International Studies Course Outlines

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Psycholinguistics is concerned with the application of linguistics to psychology. Psycholinguists view the study of human language as inseparable from the study of the workings of the brain. We examine the most crucial issues about the interaction between the brain and language in relation to how languages are acquired, processed and stored. We also look at the relationship between brain damage and language impairment, breakdown and loss. Throughout, we explore several fundamental approaches in psycholinguistics, such as Behaviourism and Mentalism, to see how they account for the psychological processes underlying the production, processing and representation of human language. Further, we examine proposals about the relationship of language and thought.


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