COGS524 COGNITIVE AND LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF SIGN LANGUAGE
| Course Code: |
9020524 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Cognitive Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Short history of Sing Language and Sign Language research; Sign Language phonology: phonological parameters (hand shape, hand orientation, movement, place of articulation), phonological theories (hand tier model, prosodic model, Optimality Theory); Sign Language morphology: morphological typology (simultaneous and sequential affixes), inflectional morphology and word formation processes, classifiers; Sign Language syntax: word order, sentence types (figure-ground, topic, focus, questions); role of non-manual parameters (facial expression, mouthing, body-lean); psycholinguistic of Sign Language: perception, production, first and second language acquisition, emergence of Sign Language, working memory, use of space in Sign Language; Neurolinguistics of Sign Language: neurophysiological bases of Sign Language, Sign Language aphasia; Effects of modality and modularity, universality of language; Sign Language and gestures; Methods of Sign Language Research, notation systems.
