Psycholinguistics 2401-CS-MF-PL

1. Introduction: linguistics—language vs. communication;

2. A brief history of psycholinguistics, basic concepts, and research objectives;

3. Modularity and the language module: "language in the brain";

4. Linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity; gesture studies;

5. Language development and acquisition (L1, L2);

6. Perception and production: speech and sign languages; artificial systems;

7. Animal communication.