Introduction to Psycholinguistics

Crosslistings: PSY 27010

How do humans learn, use, and understand language? Psycholinguistics describes a range of research areas that use experimental (and computational) approaches to address scientific problems pertaining to the psychology of language. This survey course on psycholinguistics provides an overview of the key issues discussed in psycholinguistics. It covers language comprehension, production, and acquisition, as well as topics on how our mental machinery shapes natural language and how language is organized and implemented in the brain.