Essays about: "Psycholinguistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Psycholinguistics.

  1. 1. Speech Fluency and Ageing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Harry Polfeldt; [2022]
    Keywords : fluency; age; ageing; aging; linguistics; language; disfluencies; disfluency; dysfluency; dysfluencies; speech; error; errors; psycholinguistics; pause; pauses; repetition; repetitions; lengthening; lengthenings; prolongation; prolongations; swedish; interruption; interruptions; filled; unfilled; unfilled pause; unfilled pauses; filled pause; filled pauses; speech error; speech errors; speech fluency; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Several physiological changes in the speech production process in old age have been documented, yet studies of cognitive changes are few and inconclusive. The current study investigates changes in rates of disfluencies, rates of speech errors and speech rate to examine if speech fluency changes throughout the adult lifespan, as well as whether the influence of task complexity on fluency remains constant regardless of the age of the speaker. READ MORE

  3. 2. A case study on how psychological factors affect the individual language production of English as a foreign language for upper secondary students, and how the inclusion of didactics can support these students’ learning.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Towe Lind; [2022]
    Keywords : Language production; psycholinguistics; psychological factors; learning; upper secondary students; didactics.;

    Abstract : Psychological factors and their appearance in upper secondary English education are the focus of this study to collect knowledge regarding the effects on written and oral language production among upper secondary students. Three specific factors are mainly covered, videlicet depression, stress, and anxiety. READ MORE

  4. 3. COMMUNICATING AND ASSISTING IN A DIFFERENT WORLD

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Anila Ashok; [2019]
    Keywords : Cerebral Palsy; Communication; Communicative gaze; CP injured; Disability in Sweden.;

    Abstract : Disability is a state which questions one’s social standing. Individuals with disability are often seen shunned and sheltered from the society. It is understood that one cannot expect the world to revolve around us, rather we make adjustments to make life smoother. READ MORE

  5. 4. Preposition Selection in EFL by Swedish EFL Learners : An exploratory study investigating language transfer and the impact of implicit and explicit knowledge in EFL

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Victoria Ström; [2014]
    Keywords : Language transfer; EFL; prepositions; psycholinguistics;

    Abstract : This study investigates how learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) whose first language (L1) is Swedish select prepositions in the English language. The study involves two groups, the participants and their respective controls. READ MORE

  6. 5. Predicting the N400 Component in Manipulated and Unchanged Texts with a Semantic Probability Model

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för datorlingvistik

    Author : Johannes Bjerva; [2012]
    Keywords : Computational semantics; EEG corpus; Model integration; N400; Datorlingvistisk semantik; EEG-korpus; Modellintegrering; N400;

    Abstract : Within the field of computational linguistics, recent research has made successful advances in integrating word space models with n-gram models. This is of particular interest when a model that encapsulates both semantic and syntactic information is desirable. READ MORE