Course Description
This course provides an introduction to psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics is a broad field that is concerned with the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language. In this course, we will focus on the perception of and memory for linguistic form by exploring two topics: speech/sign perception and lexical access. We will assume that students have had basic introductory coursework in linguistics, but no particular background in psychology or statistics will be assumed. Students will be exposed to key research findings and models in speech/sign perception and lexical access, and will be introduced to hands-on experimental tools for investigating language perception.
Area Tags: Psycholinguistics
(Sessions 1 & 2) Tuesday/Friday 10:30am – 11:50am
Location: ILC S331
Instructor: Brian Dillon
Brian Dillon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at UMass Amherst. He is a psycholinguist whose research focuses on how speakers activate and use their grammatical knowledge to guide real-time language processing. His research group investigates a range of issues in this area, using typologically diverse languages and a range of experimental techniques, including eye-tracking-while-reading, visual world, and behavioral experimental techniques.
