29399 - Psycholinguistics (1) (LM)

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Docente: Luisa Lugli
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: M-PSI/01
  • Language: Italian

Learning outcomes

Students will be provided with an overview of the psycholinguistic research from mid-twentieth to nowadays. Particular attention will be paid to cognitive processes involved in language comprehension and production.

Course contents

Psycholinguistics (1) (LM) (6 CFU) will be held in the second semester (III period) of the academic year. 

Lectures: 

Wednesday 15.00 - 17.00 Aula C, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23

Thursday 15.00 - 17.00 Aula C, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23

Friday 15.00 - 17.00 Aula C, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23

The lectures will start on the 3rd of February 2016

The first part of the course will deal with theoretical issues (e.g., development and origin of language, biological bases of language, and the system of language processing) and the study of language within the cognitive science approach. The second part of the course will address the issues related to applicative research on language taking into account interdisciplinary perspectives aimed at the study of language as interactional practice (e.g., pragmatic and communicative aspects of language, language as joint activity).

Readings/Bibliography

- C. Cacciari, La Psicologia del linguaggio, Il Mulino, Bologna. Capitoli 1,2,3,4,5,8

- H.H. Clark, Using Language, Cambridge Univeristy Press. Capitoli  I, II, III, VIII


As regard the italian text Cacciari (2011), foreign students who feel more comfortable studying in English may choose the following textbook:


Menn, L. (2011).  Psycholinguistics : Introduction and Applications. Plural Publishing: San Diego. [the textbook is available  here

The students that have to obtain 9 credits are kindly asked to contact the professor.

Teaching methods

Lectures with power point presentations and group discussions.

Participation in experimental sessions for the deepening of experimental paradigms

Assessment methods

Foreign students are kindly asked to contact the professor in order to arrange the examination procedure.

Teaching tools

Lectures with power point presentations and group discussions.

Office hours

See the website of Luisa Lugli