Universität Wien

160046 PS Introductory Seminar on Cognitive Psychology for Linguists (2013S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

No previous registration is required. A good command of English is necessary; affinity for technology-based empirical research and for some (elementary) mathematics is highly advantageous.

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 22.03. 11:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Friday 19.04. 11:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Friday 03.05. 11:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Friday 24.05. 11:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Friday 31.05. 11:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Friday 14.06. 11:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Thursday 27.06. 13:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Friday 28.06. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The major aim of this methodologically focused introductory seminar is to give detailed insights about how a specific research technique, eye-tracking, can be used for a deeper understanding of linguistic, communicative and some related cognitive processes. Eye-tracking (or
gaze-tracking) is an innovative, fast developing research technology that has gained much significance in psycholinguistics, and experimental studies on communication and cognition in the last decade(s). In the course, foundations and key variants of this research technique will be discussed first in a detailed way. Then we shall turn to a few specific psycholinguistic issues to demonstrate the use of this research technology. These specific issues will include, among others, lexical access, sentence integration, pragmatic inferences, their relation to intentional communication and cognition; atypical language, communication and cognition (primarily, but not only, in autism).

Assessment and permitted materials

For credit, students are required beyond active participation to give at least one detailed presentation and submit a written summary of this presentation or to write an extensive term paper (on a previously fixed, well-focused topic, closely related to the subject of the course).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Van Gompel, R.P.G., Fischer, M.H., Murray, W.S., & Hill, R.L. (2007):
Eye movements: a window on mind and brain. Elsevier.
Tanenhaus, M.K. & Trueswell, J.C. (2006): Eye Movements and Spoken Language Comprehension. In: M.J. Traxler & M.A. Gernsbacher, eds, Handbook of Psycholinguistics. 2nd edition. Academic Press. 863-900.
Rayner, K. & Pollatsek, A. (2006): Eye-Movement Control in Reading.
In: M.J. Traxler & M.A. Gernsbacher, eds, Handbook of Psycholinguistics. 2nd edition. Academic Press. 613-657.
(The full list of specific readings will be announced in the first seminar)

Association in the course directory

Master allgemeine Linguistik: MA1-M2
Code Diplomstudium: 224, 325, 410

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