Social Sciences

Psycholinguistics Faculty of Humanities (UU)

This elementary to intermediate level course will provide the student with a basic knowledge of psycholinguistics, a research domain on the intersection of linguistics, psychology and neuroscience. Three major research topics in psycholinguistics will be presented: language comprehension, language production and (first) language acquisition. In addition, we will discuss language disorders, both acquired (aphasia) and innate (developmental language disorder; dyslexia).

•••••••••••••• course director Kirsten Schutter level Advanced Bachelor period 21 August 2023 - 25 August 2023 credits 0 ECTS course fee € 200 housing fee € 200

Introduction to L1 and L2 Acquisition Faculty of Humanities (UU)

This course introduces the basics of (formal) semantics and first and second language (L1/L2) acquisition as well as the interface between them, which allows students to acquire the basic concepts and a basic understanding of the theoretical challenges in L1/L2 acquisition. It provides the optimal basis for (under) graduate courses in acquisition. This course is offered by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, the home of linguistic and communications research at Utrecht University and is part of the preparations for entrance into the RMA Linguistics at Utrecht University.

•••••••••••••• course director Kirsten Schutter level Advanced Bachelor period 21 August 2023 - 25 August 2023 credits 0 ECTS course fee € 200 housing fee € 200