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160177 SE Exploring Inner speech (2024W)

philosophical, linguistic, and cognitive perspectives

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Bei Verfassen einer Bachelorarbeit wird das SE von 8 auf 10 ECTS ergänzt (sss.sprachwissenschaft@univie.ac.at)
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 02.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 09.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 16.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 23.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 30.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 06.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 13.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 20.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 27.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 04.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 11.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 08.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 15.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 22.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 29.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Inner speech is a phenomenon that most people experience to some degree. Alderson-Day and Fernyhough (2015) describe it as “the subjective experience of language in the absence of overt and audible articulation”. It is subjective, not always conscious, and therefore inherently challenging to study. This requires an interdisciplinary approach. This class will, therefore, provide perspectives from philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive psychology and discuss, how each discipline contributes to our understanding of inner speech.

This class is supposed to give students the opportunity to explore the phenomenon in a way that suits their personal interests. They may receive guidance at different stages in the writing process and are encouraged to discuss unfinished and imperfect work.

At the end of the semester, students should know and understand the key terms and concepts related to inner speech, know and understand the key research methods to investigate inner speech and be able to apply different perspectives to the phenomenon and a related topic of their choice. On this topic of choice, students should write a seminar paper (literature review, theoretical paper, or experiment proposal) that meets academic criteria.

Assessment and permitted materials

- 4 small assignments as guidance for the seminar paper
- 1 short presentation (max. 3 min)
- Seminar paper (15-25 pages, three possible formats: literature review, theoretical proposal, experiment proposal)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Submission of a seminar paper about a topic of choice related to inner speech. Formal and scientific criteria need to be fulfilled for a positive evaluation.

Examination topics

no exam

Reading list

The full list of reading materials will be made available at the beginning of the seminar and will be made available on Moodle. Those who are interested can already take a look at Langland-Hassan & Vicente (2018) or Alderson-Day & Fernyhough (2015).

Langland-Hassan, P., & Vicente, A. (Hrsg.). (2018). Inner speech: New voices (First edition). Oxford University Press.
Alderson-Day, B., & Fernyhough, C. (2015). Inner speech: Development, cognitive functions, phenomenology, and neurobiology. Psychological Bulletin, 141(5), 931–965. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000021

Association in the course directory

BA-M11
MA1-M3-1
MA1-APM4A-5

Last modified: Tu 08.10.2024 08:46