Dr Jenni Rodd will be giving a Lunch Hour Lecture entitled: ‘Barking up the right tree: How do we understand what words mean?’
‘If you look up just about any word in a dictionary you will usually see a long list of possible definitions, yet it takes no apparent effort to figure out the intended definition of a word when it is used in everyday life. Dr Jenni Rodd will talk about the cognitive mechanisms that allow people to make rapid ‘best guesses’ about a word’s meaning.’
When: 13:15-13:55 on Tuesday 18th October.
Where: Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building, UCL, London, WC1E 6BT (access via Malet Place).
This lecture is free and open to all, so please do come along!
Further information is available here: http://events.ucl.ac.uk/event/event:s2n-is5uz5in-rn5qji/lunch-hour-lectures-barking-up-the-right-tree-how-do-we-understand-what-words-mean
The Word Lab at UCL 