VERBUM SUMMER SCHOOL of LINGUISTICS 2012

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Overview of studies in bilingualism. Teaching-based research on second language acquisition. Experimental research on bilingual and multilingual speakers.

Introduction to biolinguistics. The nature of linguistic knowledge and universal grammar. Overview of the genes responsible for the emergence of linguistic capacities. Anatomy and physiology of brain structures associated with language.

Topics in lexical access and syntactic parsing. Emphasis on ambiguity resolution and agreement. Overview of experimental methods in language processing: self-paced reading, eye-tracking, ERP, PET, fMRI, EEG.

Syntactic structure and phonological realization, word order, linearization, movement and linearization of chains, focus and information structure. Overview of the nature of the PF and LF interfaces.

Overview of issues pertaining to the interactions between phonology and morphology: how phonology can influence word formation, and how morphological structure affects the application of phonological processes. We will consider a range of cross-linguistic patterns and their implications for the architecture of grammar.