Bilingualism: Cognitive and neural aspects
lv 11-12
3. period
- 9 video-conferencing lectures 09.01. - 06.02.2012
- Organizer: Matti Laine, Åbo Akademi University (courses offered in English)
- Location: in ASA C218, Långvågen
- Prerequisites: Psychology of language or documentation of earlier introductory level studies in psycholinguistics
- Participative universities/responsible teachers:
Matti Laine/Åbo Akademi University
Sari Ylinen/University of Helsinki
Riikka Hirvonen/University of Jyväskylä
Raymond Bertram/University of Turku - Course Description:
The aim of the course is to give an overview of how our mind and brain processes language, with an emphasis on bilingualism. The lecture topics cover first and second language acquisition, lexical and grammatical aspects of the bilingual language systems, and neuropsychology of bilingualism. Several examples are drawn from research on Finnish-Swedish bilinguals.
| Date/ time pm |
Lecture topic (02.02.12) | Lecture materials *password-protected |
| 09.01./ 10:15-12 |
Introduction to bilingual research | 090112.pdf 090112_multipage.pdf An InterviewFrancoisGrosjean |
| 12.01./ 08:15-10 |
Neuropsychology of bilingualism: aphasia studies | 120112.pdf 120112_multipage.pdf Lorenzen_Murray |
| 16.01./ 10:15-12 |
The bilingual mental lexicon | 160112.pdf 160112_multipage.pdf GaryLibben MyersScotton |
| 19.01./ 08:15-10 |
Early bilingual language acquisition | 190112.pdf 190112_multipage.pdf MyersScotton |
| 23.01./ 10:15-12 |
Late second language acquisition | 230112.pdf 230112_multipage.pdf Read also chapter 11 of Myers-Scotton (in pdf above) |
| 26.01./ 08:15-10 |
Neuropsychology of bilingualism: functional neuroimaging | 260112.pdf 260112_multipage.pdf |
| 30.01./ 10:15-12 |
Grammars in bilingual contexts | 300112.pdf 300112_multipage.pdf |
| 02.02./ 08:15-10 |
Cognitive costs and benefits of bilingualism | 020212.pdf 020212_multipage.pdf |
| 06:02./ 10:15-12 |
Second language teaching | 060212.pdf 060212_multipage.pdf |
