Upon completion of the course:
- You will possess a scientific theoretical framework for understanding language as a tool for adult human communication, i.e., how intentions are expressed and understood in dialogue (FQ 1.2, 2.1)
- You will be able to apply the Language User Framework to decompose complex daily language use in constituent cognitive components (FQ 2.3)
- You will be able to understand, compare, and assess verbal and computational models of language processing (FQ 1.2)
- You will be aware of linguistic approaches to rules and representations, and of psycholinguistic theories on processing mechanisms governing language (FQ 1.2)
- You will be aware of modality-specific aspects of reading, listening, and speaking (FQ 1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
- You will be able to understand how EEG and fMRI studies contribute to revealing language processing and function location in the brain (FQ 1.1, 1.4)
- You can apply these insights to special populations (bilinguals, patients) (FQ 1.5, 2.1)
- You can apply the acquired concepts in the development of AI programs and in social domains like education (FQ 2.6).
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The following aspects of language representation and use will be discussed:
- Fundamental linguistic and psycholinguistic concepts
- The Mental Lexicon
- Reading letters, words, sentences, and texts
- Listening to sounds, words, and sentences in discourse
- Speaking sounds, words, and sentences
- Representation and processing of language by the brain.
Where appropriate, recent language-processing research by cognitive neuroscientists will be discussed.
Exam information
Written examination, consisting of 8 open-end questions covering all materials. During the course two partial informal exercise examinations are offered to prepare for the full and formal written examination.
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