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The students

define the term psycholinguistics;

explain theories and methods about the description of language production, language perception and language acquisition developed in psycholinguistics;

define basic components of the human language production and language perception;

explain methods of analysis and experimental methods;

present an overview of the relevant methods for analyzing empirical data;

discuss different theories about Sign Language(s) acquisition;

develop an understanding of the relationship between language, thinking and worldview.

Definition of Terms

Theories and methods for describing language production, language reception and language acquisition in psycholinguistics, e.g. Willem Levelt's production model, understanding modul of Teun Van Dijk / Walter Kintsch's, language acquisition theories such as nativism, behaviorism, cognitivism, interactionism

Components of human speech production and speech reception, e.g. Conceptualization, formulation, articulation; Memory; Comprehension strategies; Analysis methods and experimental procedures

Methods for analyzing empirical data, e.g. Promiseers, speaking pace, pauses in speaking, duration of discussion, duration of interpretation, speech disorders

Theories on language acquisition

Experiments, e.g. Word association tests (priming), word decision tests, sentence completion tests

Relationship between language, thinking and world view

Lecture, Discussion, Group Work

Report, (writing) Exam 

Müller, Horst M. Psycholinguistik – Neurolinguistik. München: Fink (2013)

Rickheit, Gert/Sichelschmidt, Lorenz/Strohner, Hans. Psycholinguistik. 2. Aufl. Tübingen: Stauffenburg (2007)

Rickheit, Gert/Herrmann, Theodor/Deutsch, Werner (Hrsg.). Psycholinguistik / Psycholinguistics (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (HSK) 24). Berlin: de Gruyter (2003)

Language skills Austrian sign language level A1 desired (not required)

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