● 課程說明
本課程適合具備以神經生物學的研究方法研究語言之基本概念者。十八週的課程分成六部分，每一
部分有以一篇核心論文為導讀，隨之展開由此核心論文衍生的相關議題。每一部分有兩次隨堂測
驗，一次為前測，一次為後測，用以了解同學在課程中學習的成效。課堂進行之中並穿插以重要概
念的線上問題，全程以英語授課，線上問題亦以英語呈現。上課同學被引導著從神經運作的角度去
探索語法與詞彙語意的界定與關連，期末時提出對這兩者的界定與關連的想法。

● 指定用書
Hickok, G., Small, S. L. (2016). Neurobiology of language. Amsterdam :
Academic Press: Elsevier.

● 參考書籍
(1) Aboitiz, Francisco. (2017). A brain for speech: a view from
evolutionary neuroanatomy. Springer eBooks.

(2) Mody, Maria. (2017). Neural mechanisms of language. Springer eBooks.

(3) Rutten, Geert-Jan. (2017). The Broca-Wernicke doctrine: a historical
and clinical perspective on localization of language functions. Springer
eBooks.


● 教學方式
修課及旁聽同學需於上課前將當週要討論的文章讀完，於課程一開始完成前測。之後，授課教師將
核心文章的爭議點以簡報列出，一一與同學討論，並穿插以線上問題，以確認每位同學都可以掌握
議題的內容。其中有一些議題留給同學回去再查證，下次將進一步探討。每三節課進行一個後測，
提供給授課教師評估教學的節奏和表達的方式是否需要調整。


● 教學進度

Week 1~Week 3
Dillon, Brian ; Nevins, Andrew ; Austin, Alison C. ; Phillips, Colin.
(2002). Syntactic and semantic predictors of tense in Hindi: An ERP
investigation. Language and Cognitive Processes, Vol.27(3), 313-344.

Week 4~Week 6
Baggio, Giosuè ; Hagoort, Peter. (2011). The balance between memory and
unification in semantics: A dynamic account of the N400. Language and
Cognitive Processes, Vol.26(9), 1338-1367.

Week 7~Week 9
Hart, John ; Maguire, Mandy J. ; Motes, Michael ; Mudar, Raksha Anand ;
Chiang, Hsueh-Sheng ; Womack, Kyle B. ; Kraut, Michael A. (2013). Semantic
memory retrieval circuit: Role of pre-SMA, caudate, and thalamus. Brain and
Language, Vol.126(1), 89-98.

Week 10~Week 12
Kielar, Aneta ; Panamsky, Lilia ; links, Kira A. ; Meltzer, Jed A. (2015).
Localization of electrophysiological responses to semantic and syntactic
anomalies in language comprehension with MEG. NeuroImage, Vol.105, 507-524.

Week 13~Week 15
Tooley, Kristen M. ; Swaab, Tamara Y. ; Boudewyn, Megan A. ; Zirnstein,
Megan ; Traxler, Matthew J. (2014). Evidence for priming across intervening
sentences during on-line sentence comprehension. Language, Cognition and
Neuroscience, Vol.29(3), 289-311.

Week 16~Week 18
Boudewyn, Megan ; Long, Debra ; Swaab, Tamara. (2015). Graded expectations:
Predictive processing and the adjustment of expectations during spoken
language comprehension. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience,
Vol.15(3), 607-624.


● 成績考核
(1) 前測 20%
(2) 後測 30%
(3) 課堂問題 20%
(4) 期末報告 30%