PSYE315 Език и съзнание

Анотация:

This course introduces the main aspects of language and communication, the psychology of language, theoretical frameworks, and methodological approaches. Two specific approaches are presented in more detail – the psychology of language and cognitive linguistics. The relationship between language and cognition is discussed.

прочети още
Психология (на английски език)

Преподавател(и):

проф. Елена Андонова  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

Students will learn

• Basic terminology and main topics in the area

• Specific examples of the methods and findings in the psychology of language, cognitive linguistics, the language-cognition interface, and language acquisition

Students will have

• Basic skills for language analysis, and discussing topics and findings in the field


Предварителни изисквания:
General study and communication skills.

Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Лекция

Език, на който се води курса:
Английски

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

General Approaches to Language Research

Levels of Language and Language Analysis: Phonology and Morphology

Syntax and Semantics

Text and Discourse

Dialogue Research

Seminar 1

Cognitive Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphor Theory

Corpus Approaches to Language Research

The psychology of language: The mental lexicon

Sentence processing

Seminar 2

Language Acquisition: Approaches

Language Acquisition: Methodology and Findings

Seminar 3

Discussion

Литература по темите:

Akmajian, A. et al. (1992) Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press

Carroll, D. W. (1994), Psychology of Language, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. Pacific Grove, California.

Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson (1980) Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Средства за оценяване:

Test.

Written assignment.

Practical assignments.