Neurolinguistics (level 6)

• Credit value: 15 credits at Level 6
• Convenor: Professor Marjorie Lorch
• Prerequisite: Approaches to Language
• Assessment: a 2000-2500-word essay (100%)

In this module we explore the theories and evidence regarding how language is represented in the individual mind. You will learn about how language is processed in the brain by considering developmental and acquired disorders of language comprehension and production.

Together we will consider research on children and adults and from the special case of bilingualism to understand how the language faculty develops and is organised, drawing on a range of empirical evidence and current theories of neurolinguistics. You will have the opportunity to appreciate the types of research used to investigate various neurological foundations of language.

Indicative syllabus

• The anatomy of language
• Neural foundations of articulation, phonological processes and formation of utterances
• Neural foundations of auditory perception, processes, parsing and comprehension
• Neurolinguistic perspectives on reading and writing
• The neural representation of multiple languages
• The neurolinguistics implications of Deaf sign languages
• The relations between language and other cognitive faculties