2016 - 2017

0627-4085-01
  Seminar in Psycholinguistics: Processing of Long-Distance Dependencies                               
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Aya Meltzer-AsscherWebb - School of Languages401Sun1200-1400 Sem  1
Webb - School of Languages401Sun1200-1400 Sem  2
 
 
University credit hours:  4.0

Course description
Seminar in psycholinguistics: Processing of long-distance dependencies
 
In this seminar we'll focus on the processing mechanisms involved in the processing of long-distance dependencies, e.g. relative clauses and wh-questions. We'll examine studies carried out in a variety of methods, which aimed to characterize the strategies adopted by the parser as it processes these complex structures. We'll touch on the following issues, among others:
-         Working memory mechanisms in dependency processing
-         The interaction of grammatical constraints and processing strategies
-         Processing in head-final languages
-         The interaction of verb argument structure and real time processing
During the course, students will design an experiment and run it on a number of participants.
Prerequisites: Beginners syntax, Psycholinguistics: Research methods and experimental design, Beginner's statistics for linguists, Introduction to theories of sentence processing
Course requirements: reading, final paper

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