This course focuses on the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language, first and second language. There are main topics related to these areas: -Language comprehension -Language production -Language acquisition

To develop understanding of the relationship between language and the processes of the brain and mind. To develop detailed knowledge of basic sub-fields of psycholinguistics, including: the biological bases of language (language & the brain), speech perception, the lexicon, sentence processing, discourse, speech production and language acquisition. To examine the methods used in psycholinguistic research and to interpret the types of results these methods have uncovered. To understand basic language production and perception data and how these data have contributed to the development of the major theories in psycholinguistics. To introduce and explore the major theories in the area of psycholinguistics. To explore specific issues in psycholinguistics might be examined experimentally.