- Docente: Lorenzo Desideri
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Semiotics (cod. 0968)
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:
Monday 9.00-11.00 (ula 2, in via Zamboni
38)
Tuesday 9.00-11.00 (Aula C, via Centotrecento 18)
Wednesday 9.00-11.00 (Aula 2, in via Zamboni
38)
The first part of the course is conceived as an introduction to
language within the wider field of the cognitive sciences. The
second part examines how we produce and understand spoken/written
language from psycholinguistic perspective.
Readings/Bibliography
Cacciari, C. (2011). Psicologia del linguaggio. Il
Mulino: Bologna. Seconda edizione
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]
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.
Office hours
See the website of Lorenzo Desideri