Universität Wien

160155 PS Practical Training in Psycho-, Patho- or Neurolinguistics (2023S)

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

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 02.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 09.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 16.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 23.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 30.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 20.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 27.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 04.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 11.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 25.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 01.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 15.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 22.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 29.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to teach students the main principles underlying experimental research. Students will learn how to develop a research idea and how to design and conduct simple experiments that would allow them to test the predictions of different theories and models of language, acquisition, representation and processing. We will cover different types of offline and online experimental methods applicable to a variety of research topics from different areas of psycholinguistics, including research at different levels of linguistic representation (semantic, lexical, syntactic) and modality (production and perception). Students will also be introduced to research practices (ethics) and basic statistics for data analysis.
The course content will be delivered through lectures and course assessment will be based on students devising their own experiment, considering the main aspects discussed during the course.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Some background in psycholinguistics is assumed. Solid knowledge of English is necessary.

1. Research report (~ 3000 words). Students will be required to work in groups of 3-4 people, select a research question and design, run and report the results of a mini-experiment. Each student will have to write an individual research report (in English) of the work done by the group (60%).
2. Active participation in class (10%).
3. In class presentation of the groups’ project in one of the seminar sessions (30%).

Examination topics

Reading list

Arunachalam, S. (2013). Experimental methods for linguists. Language and Linguistics Compass, 7/4, 221232. Doi: 10.1111/lnc3.12021
Baayen, H. (2008). Analyzing Linguistic Data: A Practical Introduction to Statistics using R. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
De Groot, A. M. B. & Hagoort, P. (2018). Research methods in psycholinguistics and the neurobiology of language: A practical guide. Wiley Blackwell.
Eid, M., Gollwitzer, M., & Schmitt, M. (2017) Statistik und Forschungsmethoden. Basel: Beltz
Field, A. & Hole, G. (2003). How to design and report experiments. Sage Publications.
Myers, J. (2009). Syntactic Judgment Experiments. Language and Linguistics Compass, 3/1, 406423. Doi: 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2008.00113.x
Sedivy, J. (2014). Language in mind. An introduction to Psycholinguistics. Sunderland, USA: Sinauer Associates.
Wei, L., & Moyer, M. G. (Eds.). (2008). The Blackwell guide to research methods in bilingualism and multilingualism. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Winter, B. (2019). Statistics for Linguists: An Introduction Using R. Routledge.

Association in the course directory

MA1-APM4A

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