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Psycholinguistics

2020/2021
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Delivered at:
School of Literature and Intercultural Communication
Course type:
Elective course
When:
3 year, 1, 2 module

Instructor


Sosnin, Alexey

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course program “Psycholinguistics” establishes minimum requirements for students’ competencies and determines the content and styles of training sessions. It is designed for students accomplishing bachelor programme 45.03.03 “Fundamental and Applied Linguistics”. This program has been developed in accordance with: • Educational standards NRU HSE; • Educational program and the curriculum for bachelor's degree 45.03.03 “Fundamental and Applied Linguistics”. The present course is designed to give students fundamental knowledge of psycholinguistics – a linguistic science studying speech acquisition, comprehension and production processes in their interrelation with the language system. The theoretical part is delivered in the form of lectures and acquaints students with the major Russian and foreign approaches to psycholinguistics.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The learning objectives of the course are as follows: • to give the students knowledge of major theories in psycholinguistics; • to help students master competencies, which will allow them to be successful in their professional interaction.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • As a result of the course, students will acquire the following competencies: 1. knowledge of the major psycholinguistic theories; 2. awareness of the place of psycholinguistics within a broader scope of linguistic studies; 3. managing effective interaction within the intercultural context; 4. ability to carry out the linguistic experiment
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Psycholinguistics
    1. Linguistic Psychologism or the Psychological School of thought in linguistics 2. Humboldtianism and Neo-Humboldtianism as opposed to the Logical School of thought in linguistics 3. Alexander Potyebnya and Kharkov Linguistic School 4. Heymann Steinthal as the founder of the psychological school of thought and the people’s psychology theory 5. Psycholinguistics proper (Soviet psycholinguistics and the three stages of Western psycholinguistics) 6. Leo Vygotsky as an expert in higher psychical functions, mentality and thought, psycholinguistics 7. Behaviorism and Neo-Behaviorism 8. Generative Linguistics and Noam Chomsky 9. Descriptive Linguistics 10. Child Language Acquisition 11. Speech Comprehension 12. Speech Production 13. Neurolinguistics 14. Speech Disorders 15. Acquisition of a Foreign Language from the Psycholinguistic Standpoint 16. Psycholinguistics and Semantics: Meaning and Categorization 17. Cognitive Linguistics as Stemming from Psycholinguistics
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Контрольная работа
  • non-blocking Контрольная работа
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (2 module)
    0.5 * Контрольная работа + 0.5 * Контрольная работа
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Christina Schoushkoff. (2019). Handbook of Psycholinguistics. [N.p.]: Society Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2014117
  • Глухов В. П. - ПСИХОЛИНГВИСТИКА. Учебник и практикум для академического бакалавриата - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2019 - 361с. - ISBN: 978-5-534-00480-9 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/psiholingvistika-433566

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Meyerhoff, M. (2018). Introducing Sociolinguistics (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1875703
  • Педагогика текста и психолингвистика : учеб. пособие / О.Г. Ивановская. — М. : ФОРУМ : ИНФРА-М, 2018. — 159 с. — (Высшее образование: Бакалавриат). - Режим доступа: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/969477