Academic Year/course:
2017/18
427 - Degree in Spanish
28045 - Biolinguistics: Language, Mind and Brain
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
28045 - Biolinguistics: Language, Mind and Brain
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
427 - Degree in Spanish
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
580 - Degree in Spanish: 3
427 - Degree in Spanish: 4
580 - Degree in Spanish: 4
427 - Degree in Spanish: 3
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
- Theoretical lectures.
- Practical lectures.
- Individual work.
- Personal study.
- Assessment activities.
5.3. Syllabus
Participative (theoretical/practical) lectures in the classroom. Presentation, debate and clarification of questions regarding theoretical/practical aspects of the contents of the syllabus, which is organised around the following topics:
Theoretical part (Guillermo Lorenzo (2013): Biolingüística. La nueva síntesis. Oviedo, Universidad de Oviedo: Only available as a free pdf (Creative Commons licence) at http://www.unioviedo.es/biolang/la-nueva-sintesis/)
- On the scientific status of biolinguistics
- Human languages as natural objects
- The architecture of the language faculty: the computational system and the lexicon
- The interface with the conceptual-intentional system
- The interface with the sensory-motor system
- Genetic and evolutionary aspects of the language faculty
Theoretical/practical part (Belinchon, M and A. Riviere (2004): Psicología del lenguaje. Investigación y teoría, Barcelona: Trotta (6ºed.) or Boecks, C., Mª C. Horno and J.L. Mendívil (eds.) (2012): Language, from a Biological Point of View, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars).
- Basic foundations of research into psycholinguistics: research methods, design of experiments, data analysis and dissemination of results
- Language acquisition
- Multilingualism: several languages in just one brain
- Comprehension and production in real time: the processing of language
- Language disorders and aphasias
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.