Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
L-LIN/02
9
B
L-LIN/01
6
B
L-LIN/01
One course to be chosen among the following
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
L-FIL-LET/15
6
C
L-FIL-LET/12
6
C
L-FIL-LET/09
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-FIL-LET/13
6
C
L-FIL-LET/05
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
INF/01
6
B
M-PSI/01
6
B
M-FIL/02
6
B
M-FIL/01
Further linguistic competences
6
F
-

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
L-LIN/01
6
C
M-FIL/05
A course chosen by the student, other than the one taken in year 1
9
C
L-LIN/12
9
C
L-LIN/04
9
C
L-LIN/14
9
C
L-LIN/21
9
C
L-LIN/07
Prova finale
30
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
L-LIN/02
9
B
L-LIN/01
6
B
L-LIN/01
One course to be chosen among the following
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
L-FIL-LET/15
6
C
L-FIL-LET/12
6
C
L-FIL-LET/09
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-FIL-LET/13
6
C
L-FIL-LET/05
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
INF/01
6
B
M-PSI/01
6
B
M-FIL/02
6
B
M-FIL/01
Further linguistic competences
6
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
L-LIN/01
6
C
M-FIL/05
A course chosen by the student, other than the one taken in year 1
9
C
L-LIN/12
9
C
L-LIN/04
9
C
L-LIN/14
9
C
L-LIN/21
9
C
L-LIN/07
Prova finale
30
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
15
D
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations
iIntroductory
padvanced
mMasterful

Experimental Linguistics Lab  (2016/2017)

Teaching code

4S006265

Academic staff

Serena Dal Maso, Chiara Melloni, Maria Vender

Coordinator

Serena Dal Maso

Credits

3

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

Period

Sem. IIB dal Apr 24, 2017 al Jun 10, 2017.

MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students are expected:
- to know the theoretical basis of the main on-line and off-line experimental techniques used to investigate the development and processing of morphology. Particular attention will be given to wug test, LDT and masked priming.
- be able to set up an experimental study in all its phases, including the creation of materials, the definition of the experimental variables and of the population concerned
- be able to develop critical judgments about the adequacy of experimental designs, the selection of subjects, the experimental procedures in relation to the goals of linguistic research

Program

- Introduction to Reaction Time Research and discussion on the advantages of reaction time research.
- Focus on Lexical decision task (LDT) and masked priming experiments.
- Designing an experiment: Test items, trials, and stimuli. Prime-target relationships.
- Stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA). Experimental conditions.
- Variables and Design: Independent variables, Dependent variables (Extraneousvariables, Confounding variables, Controlled variables)
- Developing test materials: Counterbalancing items. Latin square design. Matching primes.
- Frequencies and Corpora. Corpus types. Dictionaries
- Running an experiment with DMDX. Writing an item file for dmdx. Carrying out an experiment. Instructions. Before a participant is tested. After the participant is tested
- Analysing data. Dealing with rt results: Incorrect responses. Outliers. Calculating means. Calculating standard deviation. grouping means per participant/per condition.
- Net priming effects.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Jang Nan Conductin Reaction Time Research in Second Language Studies Routledge 2012 978-0-415-87934-7

Examination Methods

Students should attend at least 80% of classes and present the (homework) assignments in the due time. Late work will not be accepted unless accompanied by a documented emergency reason, or with the advance approval of the Instructor.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE