ENG 402 Psycholinguistics

This course deals with the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to process language. It also deals with language production and comprehension and language use. Word meaning, language impairment, and linguistic errors are also dealt with. The course also touches on dyslexia and dysgraphia.
Students should be able to
1. Describe models of recognizing spoken and visual words and models of producing language.
2. Explain the role of context in recognizing visual and spoken language
3. Compare and contrast the various models of speech production and comprehension
4. Outline the neuro-psycholinguistic bases of language production and perception
5. Describe reading disorders: dyslexia
6. Describe characteristics of the types of aphasia