This course is a general introduction to psycholinguistics. It aims to present an interdisciplinary approach to the study of language as a main communication tool. It covers areas such as speech perception, word recognition, sentence production, language acquisition and comprehension. The course looks into how language behavior is linked to our cognitive understanding and the role of the mind and the brain from a neurolinguistic point of view. Students will learn about the nature of the language, the psychological aspects of language use, how the language skills are developed, as well as human information processing.​