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The Psycho Linguist

K. Jake Patten, PhD

Audio lectures for Dr. Patten's SHS367: Language Science class.

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00:24:29

NEW Hart & Risley

The Psycho Linguist ·

2022/03/12

New (but actually old) research that can put our Chomsky vs Skinner debate in a different context. This research has some suggestions for how you can increase the vocabulary of children around you.

00:59:14

Lecture 2 - NEW Syntax, Semantics, and Space

The Psycho Linguist ·

2022/01/10

Is the structure of a sentence separate from the words we choose to go in a sentence? How do we end up with more speech errors like, "They pulled an ocean out of the boot," than non-grammatical errors like, "They pulled a ocean out of the boot," or non-same-part-of-speech errors like, "They oceaned a boot out of the pull?" What can that tell us about how we think?What about our pauses during speech? Are they meaningless? Are they just indicators of punctuation? Or is there something deeper we can

01:00:32

Lecture 1 - NEW Skinner VS Chomsky

The Psycho Linguist ·

2022/01/07

I introduce some of the main historical perspectives on language science in this lecture. While editing it, I realized I was saying “Skinnerian” to describe “Chomskyan” or “Universal Grammarian” ideas for a while. I definitely want you to know that Skinnerians believe in strict behaviorism while Universal Grammarians believe in an innate language ability. When I’m talking about Universal Grammar, innateness, or a Language Acquisition Device, I mean Chomskyans. Even if I accidentally said

01:10:43

Lecture 9 - NEW The Cat's Pyjamas

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/04/19

This is the last podcast of the class!I talk a little about the structure of the brain and the overall language processing mechanism. Then I turn to some fun stuff! This episode discusses sarcasm, understatement, (bad) jokes, idioms, and swearing!Here are some videos to watch either before or after you listen:https://williams-syndrome.org/what-is-williams-syndromehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvzSiUB6yV0&feature=emb_logoSwearing in this one:

01:15:32

Lecture 8 - NEW That Problems

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/04/12

Is syntactic structure really the king of sentence processing?Should you remove the word "that" from your writing vocabulary?What the heck is an anaphor??These questions and more will be answered.

01:04:46

Lecture 7 - NEW The Prime Number Few

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/04/05

Before you listen, read this passage and highlight & count all instances of the letter 't' you come across: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6TbxBJXgyeER-FnIHb3cneIbQgeojpf9q8juwqS81M/edit?usp=sharingCheck your answers here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14RWqtpW0cPlYlWIhK1CVFdG5Uo_TwgrfI-kgOxRqN4M/edit?usp=sharingWhen you're done with that, find the error in this image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aS9YV.png

00:33:28

Lecture 6: NEW Talkin' Sheet

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/03/29

This lecture mostly elaborates on the perceptual principles laid out in the book, particularly top-down and bottom-up processing and streaming.What do you think is shown in these pictures? You're using bottom-up processing to decode them. If you can't tell, go to the Canvas page for a hint. Then, you'll be using top-down

00:24:29

Skinner vs Chomsky Tagteam Match: Hart & Risley Bonus...

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/03/23

A new facet to the old debate.

00:57:24

Lecture 5 - (Ob) Scene Gestures NEW

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/03/22

I talk about self-monitoring, repairs (and revisions) of speech errors, and gestures. Speech gestures is one of my favorite topics. I could - but thankfully didn't - talk about it for hours. Do you think gestures, like speech, are unique to humans or can other animals use them like we do?There's actually not a whole lot for the show notes this week, but check out this article on gestures: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/about/ (Links to an external site.)The article is good, it's based on some

00:41:24

Lecture 4 - The Erroneus Attractor Ver 2

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/03/17

This episode finishes off the amazing amount of information that can be obtained about cognition and word/phrase/sentence construction from speech errors. I also talk about attractor landscapes, a concept from dynamical systems theory, and a little bit more about working memory.

00:48:05

Lecture 3 - Errors, Problems, and Working Memory Ver 2

The Psycho Linguist ·

2021/03/16

We talk more about word selection errors, the supremely annoying tip of the tongue phenomenon, and introduce working memory. WM is a difficult concept, but it's also an important one.Check out this quick image of Oberauer's WM model before (and after, if you like) listening: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3856/14800947902_1de10ecbd0.jpg

00:23:30

Skinner vs Chomsky Tag Team Match - Hart & Risley

The Psycho Linguist ·

2020/10/25

Here's a new piece of the Chomsky vs Skinner puzzle and how it can help children you know succeed with language and in school.

00:08:34

Counting Anaphora

The Psycho Linguist ·

2020/07/01

The results of our anaphora study!

01:15:41

Lecture 8 (v2) - That Problems

The Psycho Linguist ·

2020/06/22

Is syntactic structure really the king of sentence processing?Should you remove the word "that" from your writing vocabulary?What the heck is an anaphor??These questions and more will be answered.

01:11:07

Lecture 9 - The Cat's Pyjamas

The Psycho Linguist ·

2019/12/01

This is the last podcast of the class!I talk a little about the structure of the brain and the overall language processing mechanism. Then I turn to some fun stuff! This episode discusses sarcasm, understatement, (bad) jokes, idioms, and swearing! Here are some videos to watch either before or after you listen: https://williams-syndrome.org/what-is-williams-syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvzSiUB6yV0&feature=emb_logo Swearing in this one:

01:20:15

Lecture 8 - That Problems

The Psycho Linguist ·

2019/11/22

Is syntactic structure really the king of sentence processing? Should you remove the word "that" from your writing vocabulary? What the heck is an anaphor?? These questions and more will be answered.

01:13:07

Lecture 7 - The Prime Number Few

The Psycho Linguist ·

2019/11/15

Before you listen, read this passage and highlight & count all instances of the letter 't' you come across: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6TbxBJXgyeER-FnIHb3cneIbQgeojpf9q8juwqS81M/edit?usp=sharing Check your answers here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14RWqtpW0cPlYlWIhK1CVFdG5Uo_TwgrfI-kgOxRqN4M/edit?usp=sharing When you're done with that, find the error in this image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aS9YV.png

00:33:58

Lecture 6 - Talkin' Sheet

The Psycho Linguist ·

2019/11/06

This lecture mostly elaborates on the perceptual principles laid out in the book, particularly top-down and bottom-up processing and streaming. What do you think is shown in these pictures? You're using bottom-up processing to decode them. If you can't tell, go to the Canvas page for a hint. Then, you'll be using top-down

00:58:07

Lecture 5 - (Ob) Scene Gestures

The Psycho Linguist ·

2019/10/30

I talk about self-monitoring, repairs (and revisions) of speech errors, and gestures. Speech gestures is one of my favorite topics. I could - but thankfully didn't - talk about it for hours. Do you think gestures, like speech, are unique to humans or can other animals use them like we do? There's actually not a whole lot for the show notes this week, but check out this article on gestures: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/about/ The article is good, it's based on some science. But it's also based

00:42:12

Lecture 4 - The Erroneus Attractor

The Psycho Linguist ·

2019/10/27

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