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Summer School - Psycholinguistics - UiL OTS, 19-23 August 2019, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Publish Date: Jan 09, 2019

Deadline: Jul 31, 2019

Event Dates: from Aug 19, 2019 12:00 to Aug 23, 2019 12:00

Psycholinguistics - UiL OTS

The course offers an introduction to Artificial Grammar Learning, a methodology used to study the learning mechanisms that human beings possess, which allow them to effortlessly (and often subconsciously) detect patterns in the input. We consider these learning mechanisms for their role in language acquisition, their relationship to other human cognitive abilities, their neurological underpinnings and their functioning in language-impaired populations.

This course focuses on the psycholinguistic endeavour of mapping out the learning and cognitive mechanisms that allow humans to pick up patterns and regularities in linguistic input, and that might thus support the process of language acquisition. We will focus on Artificial Grammar Learning (AGL), a methodology that has been employed to study learning mechanisms, and to demonstrate that humans have an aptitude for spontaneously (and subconsciously) detecting structure in the unfamiliar input that they perceive. We will discuss AGLresearch with a critical eye, and its (in/)ability to: (i) answer big questions about the nature of language; (ii) identify processes that might be involved in language acquisition or language processing; (iii) map out an aspect of human cognition that is not explained by other cognitive abilities like memory, attention, IQ, etc.); (iv) explain developmental language disorders as underlying deficits in specific learning mechanisms; (v) combine with innovative experimental methods to open up interdisciplinary avenues for research.

Course director

Kirsten Schutter, MSc

Course aim

To allow students to acquaint themselves with the basic principles of psycholinguistics.

Study load

Daily 2 1/2 hour session; max one hour homework per day.

Costs

Course fee

€ 200.00

Housing fee

€ 200.00

Housing through Utrecht Summer School

Discount of €50 if combined with at least one more Linguistics course whose title includes mention of UiL OTS and for which the full amount is paid.

If this is the 2nd week you are using Utrecht Summerschool housing, the housing fee is €150.

More information

Kirsten Schutter T: +31 (0)30 253 6060 E: k.schutter@uu.nl

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Disciplines

Humanities

Psychology

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Netherlands