After successful completion of the course, students are expected:

• To be aware of the debates and controversies in key issues that concern psycholinguistics
• To describe the research methods and techniques used by psycholinguists
• To know and describe the processes that support various language communication skills and the relevant theoretical models
• To understand the relationship between empirical data and theories in the field of psycholinguistics
• To identify the main areas of the brain that play a role in language, to describe the individual language functions of these areas and to explain with reference to the neurobiological background why/how these functions may be disordered in certain cases
• To utilize the relevant theoretical knowledge in the future in the description, diagnosis and treatment of speech and language difficulties
  

• Ability to apply knowledge to practice
• Adapting to new situations
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Decision-making
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism
• Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary
• Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
• technology
• Working independently

Short Course Description:
Within an interdisciplinary research framework, theoretical approaches to and empirical data on language as a psychological phenomenon with a neurobiological basis are presented. More specifically, the course is concerned with psycholinguistic and to some extent neurolinguistic issues such as the following: How is language produced and understood? How is language learned? How is language knowledge represented in the speaker’s mind? How does language relate to other mental functions such as memory? How are words and sentences processed? How become skills such as language comprehension and production disordered under certain conditions?

The individual sections of the course are as follows:

1. Introduction
2. The scientific study and description of language
3. Research methods in psycholinguistics
4. The relationship between language and the brain
5. The relationship between language and cognition/thought
6. First language acquisition
7. Second language acquisition
8. Word and sentence processing
9. Language comprehension I
10. Language comprehension II
11. Language production I
12. Language production II
13. Recapitulation

Final written exam based on open-ended questions, short-answer questions and/or multiple choice questionnaires (including true/false questions). 
Language of evaluation: Greek and, for Erasmus students, English
Specifically-defined evaluation criteria become available via e-Class.

- Readings:

• Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., & Hyams, N. (2008). An introduction to the study of language. Patakis. [in Greek]
• Harley, T. (2009). The psychology of language: From data to theory. University Studio Press. [in Greek]
• Lekakou, M., & Topintzi, N. (Eds.). (2022). An introduction to linguistics: Foundational concepts and basic branches with an emphasis on the Greek language. Gutenberg. [in Greek]

- Suggested bibliography:

• Ahlsén, E. (2006). Introduction to neurolinguistics. Benjamins.
• Aitchison, J. (2008). The articulate mammal: An introduction to psycholinguistics (5th edn.). Routledge.
• Brown, C. M., & Hagoort, P. (2004). The neuroscience of language. University Studio Press. [in Greek]
• Dewi, R. S. (2021). Psycholinguistics. IMSU Press.
• Fernández, E. M., & Cairns, H. S. (Eds.). (2020). The handbook of psycholinguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Ingram, J. C. L. (2007). Neurolinguistics: An introduction to spoken language processing and its disorders. Cambridge University Press.
• Miller, G. (1995). Language and speech. Gutenberg. [in Greek]
• Pinker, S. (1994). The language instinct: How the mind creates language. Katoptro. [in Greek]
• Pita, R. (1998). Psychology of language: An introductory approach. Ellinika Grammata. [in Greek]
• Sedivy, J. (2018). Language in mind: An introduction in psycholinguistics. Oxford University Press.
• Stassinos, D. P. 2009. Psychology of speech and language: Development and pathology, dyslexia and speech therapy. Gutenberg. [in Greek]
• Stavrakaki, S. (2005). Greek neurolinguistics: The state of the art. Journal of Greek Linguistics, 6, 187-234.
• Steinberg, D. & Sciarini, N. V. (2006). An Introduction to psycholinguistics (2nd edn.). Pearson Longman.
• Stemmer, B., & Whitaker, H. A. (Eds). (2008). Handbook of the neuroscience of language. Elsevier.
• Traxler, M. J. (2012). Introduction to psycholinguistics: Understanding language science. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Tsolaki, M., Kassapi, E., & Kehyia, E. (2002). Introduction to neuro/psycholinguistics. University Studio Press. [in Greek]
• Vlachos, F. M. (Ed.). (2018). Brain, learning and special education. Gutenberg. [in Greek]

- Related academic journals:

• Applied Psycholinguistics
• Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
• Brain and Language
• Cognition
• Developmental Science
• International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
• Journal of Child Language
• Journal of Communication Disorders
• Journal of Memory and Language
• Journal of Neurolinguistics
• Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
• Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
• Language Acquisition
• Language and Cognitive Processes
• Language Learning
• Language Learning and Development
• Mind and Language
• Psychological Science 

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