Introduction to Psycholinguistics

About Course

Psycholinguistics is the study of language from a psychological perspective.

In this course, you will learn the basics of this discipline and test your understanding through the various exercises at the end of each chapter.

This course is designed for anyone interested in how language functions.

Attribution

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Course Content

Foundations
The foundations of psycholinguistics

History and Major Theories

22:26
Learning Exercise
Language and Thought

21:54
Learning Exercise
Language and the Brain

11:33
Learning Exercise
Hemispheric Lateralization of Language

20:20
Learning Exercise
Connectionist Models

16:18

Language Perception
Learn how speech is perceived, words recognized, and sentences processed.

Components of Speech

19:33
Articulatory Phonetics
Acoustic Phonetics

21:06
Perception of Continuous Speech

19:37
Models of Speech Perception

14:38
Neural Basis of Speech Perception

16:30
Reading

24:39
Morphology

26:28
What is a Word?

31:07
The Mental Lexicon

22:06
Semantics in the Brain

15:46
Neural Bases of Lexical Access

20:44
Parsing

14:43
Individual Differences in Syntactic Processing
Syntax in the Brain

28:18
Prosody

12:22
Discourse

21:24

About Course

Attribution

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Foundations The foundations of psycholinguistics

History and Major Theories

Learning Exercise

Language and Thought

Learning Exercise

Language and the Brain

Learning Exercise

Hemispheric Lateralization of Language

Learning Exercise

Connectionist Models

Language Perception Learn how speech is perceived, words recognized, and sentences processed.

Components of Speech

Articulatory Phonetics

Acoustic Phonetics

Perception of Continuous Speech

Models of Speech Perception

Neural Basis of Speech Perception

Reading

Morphology

What is a Word?

The Mental Lexicon

Semantics in the Brain

Neural Bases of Lexical Access

Parsing

Individual Differences in Syntactic Processing

Syntax in the Brain

Prosody

Discourse

Language and Other Human Cognitive Artefacts Discover the connection between language and music as well as language and arithmetic.

Language and Music

Language and Arithmetic

Language Output Learn more about how language production.

Speech Errors

Chronometry

Models of Speech Production

Neural Components of Speech Production

Gesture

Writing

Language Acquisition Learn more about language acquisition.

Theories and Models of Language Acquisition

Pidgins, Creoles, and Home Sign

Development of Speech Perception

Development of Speech Production

Acquisition of More than One Language

A comparison of language processing in Chinese and English

Neural Basis of Multi-Lingualism

Language Disorder Learn about language disorder.

Aphasia

Aphasia Rehabilitation

Dyslexia

Down’s Syndrome Language

Foundations
The foundations of psycholinguistics

Language Perception
Learn how speech is perceived, words recognized, and sentences processed.

Language and Other Human Cognitive Artefacts
Discover the connection between language and music as well as language and arithmetic.

Language Output
Learn more about how language production.

Language Acquisition
Learn more about language acquisition.

Language Disorder
Learn about language disorder.