Module Details
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Title PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Code ENGL202
Coordinator Dr KN Simms
English
Knsimms@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 5 FHEQ First Semester 30

Aims

The main aim of this module is to explore questions concerning the relationship of language to consciousness. This will entail addressing questions concerning the nature of language in its evolutionary, acquisitional, developmental and degenerative stages, and the nature of human language as compared to non-human communication systems, such as those used by computers, apes, and other animals.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate awareness of the main issues in the psychology of language, and in the philosophy of mind in relation to language.

(LO2) Demonstrate ability to give critical accounts of a range of human and non-human communication systems in their various stages of development.

(LO3) Demonstrate awareness of the practical and ethical considerations which arise from engaging with human language in its various stages of development, and with non-human communication.

(LO4) Be able to articulate 1-3 above in an appropriate academic style.

(S1) Adaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Organisational skills

(S4) Communication skills

(S5) Ethical awareness

(S6) Teamwork

Syllabus
 

Introduction: Innateness vs. Behaviourism?

Section A: Language Evolution, Acquisition and Development
Evolutionary Linguistics 3-4.     
Child Language Acquisition 4-5.     
Child Language Development

Section B: Non-Human Communication
Computers
Non-Primate Animals
Chimpanzees
Bonobos

Section C: Degenerative Linguistics
Aphasia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (continued)

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: One 90-minute lecture per week (over 11 weeks)
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Method 2 - Workshop
Description: One 90-minute workshop (a seminar which will divide into small sub-groups, then reconvene) per week (over 11 weeks)
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Workshops will be based on the materials presented in the lectures

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 16.5

         16.5

 33
Timetable (if known) 90 mins X 1 totaling 16.5
  		        90 mins X 1 totaling 16.5
  		 
Private Study 267
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Written Exam There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 1  3 hours    67       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Course Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When): Semester 1  -4000 words    33       

Recommended Texts
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