Instructor: | J. Cooper Cutting |
Office: | De Garmo 443 |
Phone: | 438-2999 |
e-mail: | jccutti@ilstu.edu |
office hours: | M 11-12, Tu 9-10, and by appointment |
Where and When?
Required | Optional |
Carroll, D. W. (2003). Psychology of Language, 4th Edition. Monterey: Brooks and Cole Publishing. (required) | American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5thEdition.).Washington, DC: Author. (recommended). |
Course Description & Objectives.
Psycholinguistics is an area of specialization in cognitive psychology that focuses on the psychological components of the language processor. This course provides an introduction to Psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics is the field that studies the information processing mechanisms that govern the use of language in comprehension and production, acquisition, and representation. A common misconception is that one learns about the specifics of particular languages in a course on psycholinguistics; for example, how Russian uses different case-endings than German. Instead, this course emphasizes the commonalities that underlie human languages everywhere, and we will focus on what these commonalities tell us about the basic nature of the human language-making capacity. I hope you will find the material to be both interesting and challenging. The main course objectives include:
Course Requirements.
Exercises (35%)
Students taking the course for graduate credit are expected to do some additional work. This work consists of additional readings and the production of short reaction papers in response to the readings. Generally there will be two readings each week. The readings are listed here. |
Class Policies
To ensure a smooth flow of discussions, the following policies are established: Students are encouraged to listen with an open mind, respect the contributions of others, and avoid personal attacks. Students will often be faced with alternative viewpoints from the professor or their peers. Thus, students should be prepared to defend their own positions with empirical data, obtained from the assigned readings, and reasoned argument.
You are expected to do your own work. Plagiarism and cheating of any sort will not be tolerated. Either behavior will result in a grade of 'F'. Note that plagiarism includes situations where you meet with other students for group discussions and are asked write a summary. Unless otherwise instructed, this means that each participant in the group must write their own summary. Making up false excuses for absences will also be considered cheating and may result in a grade of 'F' for missed work.
And finally, if you have any questions regarding anything in the syllabus and or the course in general, please feel free to ask. Talk to me in class, via phone, or e-mail. Don't just assume that you know (or should know) the answer, I may not have been clear enough or may have forgotten to mention something.
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Class Dates | Tentative topic calendar | Readings |
Things due |
WK1 (Aug. 23, 25, 27) | Introduction and syllabus review. What is language? |
Chpt 1 | |
WK2 (Aug. 30, Sept. 1, 3) | Some basic linguistics | Chpt 2 | Mallard quiz
1 (Sept. 7) |
WK3 (Sept. 8, 10) | Some basic (cognitive) psychology | Chpt 3 | |
WK4 (Sept. 13, 15, 17) | Representations of Language | Chpt 5 |
hmwk1 (Sept. 17) |
WK5 (Sept. 20, 22, 24) | Review and catch-up Exam 1 (Sept. 24) |
Review sheet Review Chpts 1, 2, 3, 5 |
assignment (due: ) Mallard quiz 2 (due Sept. 22) |
WK6 (Sept. 27, 29, Oct. 1) | Language Comprehension | Chpt 4 |
hmwk2 (Oct. 1) |
WK7 (Oct. 4, 6, 8) | Language Comprehension | Chpt 6 | |
WK8 (Oct. 11, 13, 15) | Language Comprehension | Chpt 7 | Mallard quiz
3 (Oct. 15) |
WK9 (Oct. 18, 20, 22) | Language Production | Chpt 8 | hmwk3 (Oct. 22) |
WK10 (Oct. 25, 27, 29) | Language Production | Chpt 9 | Mallard quiz 4 (Nov. 3) |
WK11 (Nov. 1, 3, 5) | Catch-up and review Exam 2 (Nov. 5) |
Review sheet Chpts 4, 6, 7, 8, & 9 |
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WK12 (Nov. 8, 10, 12) | Acquistion of Language | Chpt 10 | |
WK13 (Nov. 15) | Acquistion of Language | Chpts 11 & 2 | |
Thanksgiving |
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WK14 (Nov. 29, Dec. 1, 3) | Acquistion of Language cont. & Language and the Brain |
Chpt 13 | Project Proposals Due Nov. 29 (moved from Nov. 15) |
WK15 (Dec 6, 8, 10) | Language and culture | Chpt 14 | hmwk4 (Dec. 10) Mallard quiz 5 (Dec. 10) |
Finals Week |
FINAL EXAM Wednesday, Dec 15 @7:50AM |
Review sheet |
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