The course aims to illustrate the main methodologies of investigation of experimental linguistics and, specifically, the diagnostics with which it is possible to carry out experiments on language processing. In particular, the course will cover the following contents:
• Neurocognitive basis of human language
• Realization of experimental stimuli for the processing of linguistic phenomena (at different levels of analysis, with a focus on pragmatic aspects)
• Techniques for investigating language processing (offline methodologies, such as questionnaires, naturalness/acceptability judgments, etc., and online, eye-tracking, brain imaging, etc.)
• Description and analysis of the functional meanings of the electrophysiological components of language processing.
• Neurocognitive basis of human language
• Realization of experimental stimuli for the processing of linguistic phenomena (at different levels of analysis, with a focus on pragmatic aspects)
• Techniques for investigating language processing (offline methodologies, such as questionnaires, naturalness/acceptability judgments, etc., and online, eye-tracking, brain imaging, etc.)
• Description and analysis of the functional meanings of the electrophysiological components of language processing.
teacher profile teaching materials
- Neurolinguistics: birth of the discipline and models of neurological investigation of language
- Investigation techniques (offline and online) on language processing
- Neurophysiological components of language processing: N400 and P600
- Language processing description models: good enough, shallow processing, etc.
- Neuropragmatics and neurolinguistic studies on assumptions, figurative language, implicatures and information structure
2. Handouts provided in class by the professor.
Mutuazione: 20711618 LINGUISTICA GENERALE E LM (LINGUISTICA COGNITIVA E SPERIMENTALE) in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione internazionale LM-38 MASIA VIVIANA
Programme
- Basics of cognitive linguistics- Neurolinguistics: birth of the discipline and models of neurological investigation of language
- Investigation techniques (offline and online) on language processing
- Neurophysiological components of language processing: N400 and P600
- Language processing description models: good enough, shallow processing, etc.
- Neuropragmatics and neurolinguistic studies on assumptions, figurative language, implicatures and information structure
Core Documentation
1. Cacciari, Cristina & Canal, Paolo. 2023. The Psychology of Language. Il Mulino, Bologna.2. Handouts provided in class by the professor.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalAttendance
In presence. Not compulsoryType of evaluation
Open-answer questions