Delivered at:: School of Linguistics

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 3 year, 3 module

Instructor

Slioussar, Natalia

Полная версия программы учебной дисциплины

Аннотация

The course is dedicated to experimental studies of syntax and morphology. It will cover the most important models of language production and processing and will show how experimental data can be used in theoretical linguistics to tease different theories apart. We will also consider several discussions that play an important role not only in linguistics, but also in other cognitive sciences, including the problem of modularity, innateness, the competence-performance distinction and the psycholinguistic adequacy of linguistic models. Several lectures will be dedicated to first and second language acquisition and clinical studies. The course will cover a variaty of behavioral and neuroimaging methods (including lexical decision task, cross-modal priming, self-paced reading, eye-tracking while reading, visual world paradigm, EEG and fMRI experiments). The students will conduct one experiment, paying attention to all crucial steps: selecting the design and creating materials, learning how to use experimental software, analyzing the results and interpreting them.

Цель освоения дисциплины

to introduce students to most prominent models of language production and comprehension;
to show experimental methods used in the psycho- and neurolinguistic studies of syntax and morphology;
to introduce students to ideas how experimental materials can be used to evaluate different hypotheses formulated in theoretical linguistics.

Планируемые результаты обучения

students should be able to apply their knowledge when planning his or her own experimental studies and evaluating other studies.
to know experimental studies in several linguistic domains (long-distance dependencies, anaphora, agreement etc.)
to know most prominent models of language production and comprehension
to understand experimental methods used in the psycho- and neurolinguistics
to understand special features of experimental studies of the grammar in ontolinguistics and clinical linguistics

Содержание учебной дисциплины

Major theoretical questions in the experimental study of language.
An overview of behavioral and neurolinguistic experimental methods.
Mental grammar in comprehension: major parsing models.
Mental grammar in production: major generation models.
Mental lexicon.
Case studies: long-distance dependencies.
Case studies: agreement (number, gender, case).
One experiment from the beginning to the end: running a self-paced reading study.
Specialized methods to assess children's syntax and morphology
Comprehension and production in Broca's aphasia: an interaction of theory and experiment.

Элементы контроля

lecturer’s assessment of the student’s work during seminars
mean scores for homework assignments
Oral discussion of the topics of the course.
Written test
lecturer’s assessment of the student’s work during seminars
mean scores for homework assignments
Oral discussion of the topics of the course.
Written test

Промежуточная аттестация

2021/2022 учебный год 3 модуль
A short test designed to make sure that students remember important details from previous lectures and seminars.

Bachelor’s Programme 'Fundamental and Computational Linguistics'

Experimental Studies of the Grammar

Instructor

Программа дисциплины

Аннотация

Цель освоения дисциплины

Планируемые результаты обучения

Содержание учебной дисциплины

Элементы контроля

Промежуточная аттестация

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