Postgraduate Course: Discourse Comprehension (PSYL11002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will cover a range of issues concerned with how humans interpret multi-sentence text. The course will cover a range of current theories, and will discuss how these theories can be tested using modern experimental techniques. |
| Course description |
Students will be exposed to a range of current theoretical debates covering issues such as (a) the interpretation of pronouns and other referential expressions; (b) the role of inference in discourse comprehension; (c) the mental representation of discourse structure. Students will also be exposed to a number of experimental techniques, and will learn how these methods can be used to adjudicate between different theoretical claims.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 3 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
87 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100% (2500 word essay) |
| Feedback |
Some of the time in each lecture will be devoted to discussion of a recently published paper. Students will be encouraged to offer critical opinions on the paper, and the lecturer will provide comments. Students will be offered a choice of whether these discussions will follow a seminar style with class discussion, or alternatively, small group presentations followed by questions and answers. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of the core theoretical issues in current research on discourse comprehension
- demonstrate an understanding of some of the key experimental findings, and evaluate the theories in the light of these findings
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The course will encourage the development of skills required of PhD students in the psychology of language. These skills include critical thinking, understanding of experimental design, and academic writing. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | language,discourse,comprehension,psycholinguistics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Patrick Sturt
Tel: (0131 6)51 1712
Email: patrick.sturt@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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