Open Seminar
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Speaking is spelling: cross-talk between phonology and orthography in spoken language production
Markus Damian (School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol)
Over the last 40 or so years, a substantial amount of evidence has been generated which supports the claim that when individuals perceive spoken language, they involuntarily activate orthographic codes. By contrast, there is a lot less relevant evidence on whether the same is true for speakers: when literate individuals prepare spoken utterances, are orthographic properties of words (perhaps unconsciously) activated? I will highlight some of the controversies surrounding the claim that spelling is relevant for speaking, and I will describe some experimental evidence that my collaborators and I have recently generated which promises to answer this question.
Data: 30/03/2016
Horário: 16:30
Local: Sala Machado de Assis – Bloco B do CCE/UFSC
Markus Damian
My research is concerned with the cognitive processes of language, and specifically with those engaged when humans speak (as opposed to when they comprehend language). I investigate the way in which humans cognitively develop intentions of what they are trying to say, the way in which words are organised in and retrieved from a mental lexicon for the purpose of the utterance, and the processes involved in generating the appropriate articulation. Much of my work is based on behavioural studies; however, I have also been involved in neuroimaging research, and in studies of acquired brain damage. Other interests of mine include numerical cognition, and processing in the absence of conscious awareness. I received a Bachelor’s Degree from the College of New Jersey (1993) and a Master’s degree (1996) and a Ph.D. degree (1998) in cognitive psychology from Rice University, Houston. Between 1998 and 2000 I was a staff member in the language production group at the Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, where I worked with Pim Levelt. I joined the School of Experimental Psychology in Bristol as a Lecturer in 2000, and have been a Professor since 2010.
