PSYC 4601 Psycholinguistics

This course is meant to introduce students to a broad selection of current issues regarding the relationship among grammar, language processing and cognition. This course will examine cognitive, biological and evolutionary perspectives on various dimensions of linguistic structure. The course presents an introduction to the field of study which blends the disciplines of psychology and linguistics to discover the psychological processes that make it possible for humans to comprehend, produce and acquire language. This course is designed to explore the applications of psycholinguistics to clinical work. 


Credits

3 credits

Lecture Hours

3 hours

Prerequisite

At least a C in PSYC 1101 or PSYC 1101H, SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H, PSYC 2103, and MATH 1401