PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE (EXP 4640)
FALL 2006
WEDNESDAYS 12:00 PM - 2:50 PM


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  COURSE SYLLABUS
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CLASS SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT DATES
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EXAMS
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LECTURE OUTLINES
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VIDEOS
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EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNIES AND POLICIES
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PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LINKS

  Dr. Judith Becker Bryant - USF faculty member and associate chair of the Psychology Department whose research interests include the following: Language Development, Pragmatics, Language and Social Competence, and Family Influences.
Interactive Articulation
Alpha Dictionary: Dictionary of many of the languages of the world with language translators
Praat: Doing phonetics by computer
Humor and Ambiguity:
Spoonerisms
The Brain and Language

ANIMAL LANGUAGE SITES

  Kanzi: Bonobo or Pan paniscus , was born Oct 23, 1980. http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwlrc/biographies/kanzi.html
Biograpies of Apes at LRC
Alex Foundation: The goal of The Alex Foundation is to support research that will expand the base of knowledge establishing the cognitive and communicative abilities of parrots as intelligent beings.



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