Psychology/Linguistics
347 Psychology of Language I
Autumn 2004
Instructor:
Lee Osterhout
Class
Time: MWF
Classroom: SMITH 305
Contact Information
Office:
Guthrie 225
Lab:
Guthrie 178
Office
Hours: TBA
Office
Phone:
Course
e-mail: p101b@u.washington.edu (always the
best way to get hold of me!)
Instructor’s
e-mail: losterho@u.washington.edu (use only
if necessary!)
Websites
Class
website: http://faculty.washington.edu/losterho/347.htm
Osterhout
Lab website: http://faculty.washington.edu/losterho/erplab.htm
Course Synopsis: In this course, we will review what is known
about the psychological and biological underpinnings of human language. One goal of this course is to introduce the
student to the general issues and questions that motivate research in this
area. A second goal is to critically
evaluate current theory and data. Topics
to be covered include speech physiology; language structure; speech perception
and production; word and sentence processing; language acquisition; and the
neurobiology of language behavior.
Students will be evaluated by means of three exams, each of which will
be worth 50 points (for a total of 150 possible points).
Harley,
T. (2001). The psychology of language. Psychology Press.
Date Topic
Sept 29 Language
and psycholinguistics Chapter 1
Major questions to be
answered
Oct 1 Language
origins/Language change Reading
list
4 Development of writing
Reading list
6 Language as a physical
entity
Reading list
8 Structure of human
language Chapter
2, pp 27-33
11 Structure
of human language Chapter
2, pp 33-42
13 Animal
language Chapter
3, pp 47-60
15 Animal
language
Innateness of human
language Chapter
3, pp 63-70
Reading list
18 Innateness
of human language
Review for Exam 1
20 Exam 1
22
How to study language processing
Chapter 1, pp 17-19
Reading
list
25 Learning
a first
language
Chapter 4, pp 91-118
27 Learning
a first
language
Chapter 4, pp 118-127
Reading list: new and highly recommended
29 Learning
a second language Chapter
5, pp 135-138
Reading
list
Nov 1 Speech perception Chapter
8, pp 219-226
Reading
list
3 Speech perception
5 Visual word processing Chapter
6, pp 141-150
Chapter
6, pp 160-162
8 Visual word processing Chapter
6, pp 162-175
Reading list
10 Normal
reading and disorders of reading Chapter
7, pp 179-195
Chapter 7, pp 206-215 (new: not required for
exam 2, but it is potentially useful)
12 Spoken
word recognition Chapter 8, pp 229-233
Review for Exam 2
15 Exam 2
17 Sentence
processing Chapter
9, pp 245-254
Reading
list
19 Sentence processing Chapter 9, pp 254-264
Reading list
22 Meaning and disorders of meaning Chapter 10, pp 275-290
Chapter 10, pp 294-303
24 No Class
26 No Class
29 Language production Chapter 12, pp 349-363
Reading list
Dec 1 Language production
3 Disorders of spoken
language
Chapter 9, 269-272
Chapter 12, pp 376-383
Reading list
6 Disorders of spoken language
8 Final comments
Review for Exam 3
10 Exam 3
13 Final
Exam Period, 2:30
Reading list
10/1: Origins of human
language; language change