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Language Use and Understanding

Language Use and Understanding. BCS 261 LIN 241 PSY 261. Introduction and organization. Drs. Jennifer Arnold and Duane Watson What is the class about? Class structure Primary articles Seminar-like discussion Requirements Prerequisites

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Language Use and Understanding

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  1. Language Use and Understanding BCS 261 LIN 241 PSY 261

  2. Introduction and organization • Drs. Jennifer Arnold and Duane Watson • What is the class about? • Class structure • Primary articles • Seminar-like discussion • Requirements • Prerequisites • BCS 152 (which requires BCS 110/111/112 or LIN 110).

  3. Room Change • Class will be held in Meliora 366 starting WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 • Next class is a week from today, Wed. Jan. 21, here in Gavet 310 • The next Monday, Jan. 26, also in Gavet 310 • Wed. 28 and after -- Meliora 366

  4. Hand out… • BCS student questionnaires

  5. Goals of the course • Why are you taking the course? • Learn about the cognitive mechanisms that let us use language • Learn about methods of inquiry • Gain experience with interpreting data • Gain experience with reading and interpreting primary articles • Work on analytical and communicative skills in writing

  6. How do people speak and understand? • What are the cognitive processes involved? • Cognitive Science approach • Information processing

  7. What do you think the language processing system might look like? • Sounds • Words Meaning • Phrases • Sentences

  8. Another view • Input • Knowledge of Language • Output

  9. Comprehension • Input: sounds • Knowledge of language • Output: interpretation

  10. Production • Input: Mental message • Knowledge of Language • Output: sounds

  11. Some questions… • What is the input like? • What is the architecture of the knowledge system like? • What *is* the output like? • Comprehension: What are mental representations like? • Production: what are the characteristics of the speech signal under different circumstances? (and thus, what is the input to the comprehension system)?

  12. Other questions • How do children develop the ability to speak and understand? • How do they acquire the structural knowledge of language? (BCS 172, 259) • How do the mechanisms of language use develop? • How can we characterize the structure of language? • I.e., what do we know when we know a language? (LIN 110, etc.)

  13. Assignment • Record and trasncribe a 3-minute conversation

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