? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : PPL-P-SCPSY

To provide an advanced understanding of current psycholinguistic research in sentence comprehension. We study the nature of the human sentence processor, looking at its architecture particularly in relation to the mechanisms used to resolve syntactic and semantic ambiguities. Methodological and theoretical issues are considered alongside each other. The five topics covered are listed below:

1. Introduction to models of language comprehension
2. Syntactic processing: Effects of semantics
3. Syntactic processing: Effects of frequency
4. The processing of unbounded dependencies
5. Compositional semantics

Extra tutorials for Language Production & Sentence Comprehension on Wednesday's between 9am and 11am during weeks 1-5.

Venue: S37, 7 George Square
Tutorial Venue: G18 Adam Ferguson Building
Submission: 14 December 2007, 4.00 pm

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Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 1 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 21/09/2007 09:00 11:00 Room S37, 7 George Square Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Friday 09:00 10:50 Central

An advanced understanding of sentence comprehension research.

3,000 word essay on relevant topic.
Satisfactory course presentation

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Toni Noble
Tel : (0131 6)51 3188
Email : Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Martin Corley
Tel : (0131 6)50 6682
Email : Martin.Corley@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/