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The Psycho Linguist
by K. Jake Patten, PhD
Audio lectures for Dr. Patten's SHS367: Language Science class.
Episodes
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NEW Hart & Risley
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.
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Lecture 2 - NEW Syntax, Semantics, and Space
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…
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Lecture 1 - NEW Skinner VS Chomsky
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...
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Lecture 9 - NEW The Cat's Pyjamas
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...
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Lecture 8 - NEW That Problems
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.
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Lecture 7 - NEW The Prime Number Few
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:...
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Lecture 6: NEW Talkin' Sheet
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.…
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Skinner vs Chomsky Tagteam Match: Hart & Risley Bonus Lecture Ver 2
A new facet to the old debate.
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Lecture 5 - (Ob) Scene Gestures NEW
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...
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Lecture 4 - The Erroneus Attractor Ver 2
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.
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Lecture 3 - Errors, Problems, and Working Memory Ver 2
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:...
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Skinner vs Chomsky Tag Team Match - Hart & Risley
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.
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Counting Anaphora
The results of our anaphora study!
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Lecture 8 (v2) - That Problems
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.
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Lecture 9 - The Cat's Pyjamas
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...
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Lecture 8 - That Problems
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.
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Lecture 7 - The Prime Number Few
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:...
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Lecture 6 - Talkin' Sheet
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.…
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Lecture 5 - (Ob) Scene Gestures
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...
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Lecture 4 - The Erroneus Attractor
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. Attractor...
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Lecture 3 - Errors, Problems, and Working Memory nlz
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 listening:...
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Lecture 2 - Syntax, Semantics, and Spaces
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…
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Lecture 1 - Intro to Behaviorism, Chomsky, and Natural Regularities
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...
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