Магистратура 2024/2025

Экспериментальная лингвистика

Статус: Курс по выбору (Лингвистическая теория и описание языка)

Направление: 45.04.03. Фундаментальная и прикладная лингвистика

Кто читает: Школа лингвистики

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 2, 3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Николаева Юлия Владимировна

Прогр. обучения: Лингвистическая теория и описание языка

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the study of experimental methods used in the study of language. The main focus of the course is the use of experimental methods in field linguistics and study of bilingualism. The course is essentially based on students’ reading of important articles in the domain, their presentation and classroom discussions and quizzes.

Learning Objectives

• to introduce students to theoretic and methodological knowledge in experimental linguistics
• to introduce students to experiment design to study linguistic phenomena in various populations
• to introduce students to modern instrumental approaches in psycholinguistics
• to introduce students to critical analysis of modern psycholinguistic research

Expected Learning Outcomes

• critically approaches various studies in experimental linguistics
• is familiar with different types of language disoders
• is familiar with the basic instrumental methods in modern neurolinguistics and their application
• is familiar with the basic instrumental methods in modern psycholinguistics and their application
• knows the fundamental principles of preparing a linguistic experiment
• understands the theoretical background of experiment design in linguistic studies

Course Contents

• Introduction
• Fundamentals of experimental approaches to the study of language
• Methods of psycho- and neurolinguistics: Behavioral methods and eye-tracking
• Methods of psycho- and neurolinguistics: Electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs)
• Methods of psycho- and neurolinguistics: Neuroimaging methods (fMRI, DTI, TMS)
• Language after brain damage
• Bilingualism
• Language and other cognitive functions

Assessment Elements

• Course paper presentation
• Review of two or more experimental papers
  Presentation of a bundle of a minimum of two papers on a particular topic
• A toy experiment
• Attendance and class participation

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.3 * A toy experiment + 0.1 * Attendance and class participation + 0.4 * Course paper presentation + 0.2 * Review of two or more experimental papers

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• 9781118332405 - Tej K. Bhatia; William C. Ritchie - The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, 2nd ed. - 2014 - Wiley-Blackwell - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=485542 - nlebk - 485542
• Brian Butterworth. (1993). Aphasia and Models of Language Production and Perception. Http://Www.Mathematicalbrain.Com/Pdf/Earlier/1993bbling.Pdf.
• Gernsbacher, M. A., & Traxler, M. J. (2006). Handbook of Psycholinguistics (Vol. 2nd ed). Amsterdam: Academic Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=187294
• Kroll, J. F., & Groot, A. M. B. de. (2005). Handbook of Bilingualism : Psycholinguistic Approaches. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=176896
• Michael J. Spivey, & Michael K. Tanenhaus. (1998). Syntactic ambiguity resolution in discourse: modeling the effects of referential context and lexical frequency. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.6F10B098
• Steven J. Luck. (2014). An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique, Second Edition: Vol. Second edition. Bradford Books.
• Traxler, M. J. (2012). Introduction to Psycholinguistics : Understanding Language Science. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=398618
• Trevor A. Harley. (2014). The Psychology of Language : From Data to Theory: Vol. Fourth edition. Psychology Press.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Caplan, D., & Waters, G. (1998). Verbal Working Memory and Sentence Comprehension.
• Price, C. J. (2010). The anatomy of language: a review of 100 fMRI studies published in 2009. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1191(1), 62–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05444.x

Authors

• DYACHKOVA ANNA EVGENEVNA
• Nikolaeva Iuliia Vladimirovna
• RYZHOVA Daria ALEKSANDROVNA