5th International School on Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Clinical Linguistics

5^th International School in Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Clinical Linguistics

2025 SCHEDULE (pdf)
2025 SCHOOL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (pdf)

Dates: 7-Apr-2025 - 11-Apr-2025
Location: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Focus: A one-week school focusing on the neurocognitive foundations of language

Description:
The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia) is delighted to invite you to take part in the 5^th International School in Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Clinical Linguistics to be held live on April 7-11, 2025. The School is directed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students interested in learning about the neurocognitive foundations of language, about how to make their research ideas into concrete steps towards experimental designs, how to approach data collection and how to analyse data using experimental and statistical methods. The intensive short programme (40 hours) offers 2-hour sessions at two levels (introductory and advanced) in three interrelated disciplines, taught by experts from Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. The following teachers and topics are confirmed:

Introduction to linguistics - Srdjan Popov (University of Groningen, Holland)
Neuroanatomy for linguists 1 and 2 - Silvia Martínez Ferreiro (University of A Coruna, Spain)
Information theory in psycholinguistics - Dušica Filipović Đurđević (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Distributional semantic models of cognition - Dušica Filipović Đurđević (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Introduction to Language Testing in Awake Surgery - Adrià Rofes (University of Groningen, Holland)
Clinical linguistics 1-3 – Silvia Martínez Ferreiro (University of A Coruña, Spain), Ana Matić Škorić (University of Zagreb, Croatia), Claudia Peñaloza (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Informing Cognitive Models of Language with Language Testing in Awake Brain Surgery - Adrià Rofes (University of Groningen, Holland)
First language acquisition - Mirjana Mirić (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia)
Applied statistics for linguists - Seçkin Arslan (University of Côte d’Azur, France), Milica Stijačić Popović (Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade, Serbia), Ksenija Mišić (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Ethics and data management - Srdjan Popov (University of Groningen, Holland)
Experiment design in PsychoPy - Seçkin Arslan (University of Côte d’Azur, France)
Bilingualism and its effect on executive functions - Sabina Halupka-Rešetar (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
A usage-based theory of grammar and grammaticalization and its testing psycho- and neurolinguistically - Kasper Boye (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Introduction to neuroimaging - Christina Manouilidou (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Neuromodulation of language - Christina Manouilidou (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Students who complete a minimum of 12 sessions are entitled to 3 ECT credits.

The School is followed on April 12th 2025 by the 12th edition of the Novi Sad workshop in Psycholinguistic, Neurolinguistic and Clinical Linguistic Research (PNCLR 12). Attendees of the School are encouraged to submit an abstract for a (poster) presentation at the workshop.

Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, Clinical Linguistics

Application form: https://forms.gle/AoEc4YiLExkGeTmJ8

Application Instructions:
To be considered for attendance, fill out the Application Form (https://forms.gle/AoEc4YiLExkGeTmJ8) before January 15 2025, setting out your reasons and motivation for wishing to attend. In case there are more expressions of interest than can be accommodated, priority will be given to graduate students with a demonstrated interest in the neurocognitive foundations of language. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the end of January 2025.

Tuition: 100 EUR + 20% official tax for public institutions (NOTE: up to 3 students of the host institution are entitled to a discount, please contact the organizers at nsspringschool2025@gmail.com)

Tuition Explanation: Registration Fee: 100 EUR + 20% official tax for public institutions (excluding bank transfer costs) to be received by the host institution by March 1, 2025 after notification of acceptance (end of January 2025). The registration fee includes attendance, materials, coffee/tea and free access as a member of the audience to the 12th Novi Sad workshop in Psycholinguistic, Neurolinguistic and Clinical Linguistic Research (PNCLR 12) to be held at the Faculty of Philosophy on April 12^th.

Registration: 20-Nov-2024 to 15-January-2025

Contact Persons: Sabina Halupka-Rešetar, Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro, Predrag Kovačević
Email: nsspringschool2025@gmail.com