Psycholinguistics II

Code:

FLUP0884

Acronym:

PSI2

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	Não se aplica.
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EFA	0	Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
			4
EFI	2	Official Study Plan - LEFI	3	2,5	5	-
			4
EPA	0	Official Study Plan - LEPA	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPE	1	Official Study Plan - LEPE	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPF	4	Official Study Plan - LEPF	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPI	1	Official Study Plan - LEPI	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPO	0	Official Study Plan - LEPO	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4

Objectives

To make students aware of the essential aspects within the scope of an introduction to Psycholinguistics, getting them to develop a critical spirit towards certain areas which may come to have some aspects in common with the different topics approached.

Program

General topics to be approached:

1. Language and cognition: several positions.
1.2. Practical approach to that dichotomy.
1.2.1. Hesitation in speech.
1.2.2. Individual differences and information processing.

2. Language: an approach to language having in view linguistic and paralinguistic aspects.
2.1. Introduction to the analysis of different practices of oral and written language.
2.2. Approach to computer-mediated language.

3. Contributions of psycholinguistic experiments in the fields of pedagogy and pathology.

Main Bibliography

Other than the references that may come to be indicated throughout the semester, the following works are recommended:


CAPLAN, D. – Language. Structure, processing, and disorders. A Bradford Book, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 1992.
CRYSTAL, D. – Language and the Internet. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
GIROLAMI-BOULINIER, A. – L’apprentissage de l’oral et de l’écrit, Coll, “Que sais-je?” 2717, Paris, PUF, 1993.
GIROLAMI-BOULINIER, A. – Mise en place de la grammaire française. In: Girolami-Boulinier, A. et coll. – Le français au troisième millénaire. Comment faire vivre la langue? Montreuil, Editions du Papyrus, 2000, pp. 71-83.
GOLDMAN-EISLER, F. – Psycholinguistics. Experiments in spontaneous speech. London and New York, Academic Press.
HILGERT, J. G. – A construção do texto “falado” por escrito. A conversação na Internet. In: Preti, D. (ed.). Fala e escrita em questão. 2.ª ed. São Paulo, Humanitas/FFLCH/USP, 2001, pp. 17-55.
PINTO, M. DA G. C. – Desenvolvimento e distúrbios da linguagem, Col. Linguística Porto Editora 3, Porto, Porto Editora, 1984.
PINTO, M. DA G. C. – Saber viver a linguagem. Um desafio aos problemas de literacia, Col. Linguística Porto Editora 11, Porto, Porto Editora, 1998.
PINTO, M. DA G. L. C. – Psicolinguística (ensaio sobre a definição de Psicolinguística, 21pp., data do original 2001). Em publicação.
PRIOR, M. – Understanding specific learning difficulties, Hove, East Sussex, Psychology Press, 1996.

Complementary Bibliography

Complementary bibliography will be provided by the lecturer in class

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes

Software

not applicable

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark for all types of evaluation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous evaluation:
written assignment = 100% of the final classification.

Final evaluation:
final exam = 100% of the final classification

Examinations or Special Assignments

not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the FLUP’s regulations in force

Classification improvement

In accordance with the FLUP’s regulations in force

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.