9055_PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

INTRODUCTION
This course is an introduction to psycholinguistics, the study of how humans
learn, represent, comprehend, and produce language. Psycholinguistics stands at
the crossroads of linguistics, psychology, computer science and neuroscience. The
basic objective of psycholinguistics is to understand how the human mind/brain
supports the learning, comprehension and production of language.
Psycholinguistics is an area of specialization in cognitive psychology that focuses
on the psychological components of the language processor. It is the field that
studies the information processing mechanisms that govern the use of language.
This book is directed towards students who wish to understand the psychology of
language as it relates to learning, mind and brain as well as various aspects of
society and culture. The knowledge presented in this volume is intended to bring
the reader to the highest level of understanding of the topics considered in an
engaging way. Students can benefit from the wide range of important knowledge
and theory that are considered. Topics covered in the course will include language
acquisition; language learning; individual differences in second language
acquisition; language, culture and thought; role of motivation in language
learning; and language disorders.