Psych 150/ Ling 155

This is our wonderfully ambitious schedule. We usually keep to it, but it is subject to modification.

Date	Topic	Notices & Assignments	Reference Material
3/31/15	Introduction to the Psychology of Language (pdf) Podcasts (1) Combining linguistic units (2) World Atlas of Language Structures demo	Review questions available for intro and representation HW1 available	Sedivy: pp. 3-7 Sedivy: pp. 24-28 World Atlas of Language Structure Sedivy: p.50
4/2/15	Representation I: Sounds (pdf) Podcasts (1) Syllable structure (2) World Phonotactics Database demo (3) Using the Maximum Onset Principle (4) Allophones and Complementary Distribution		Sedivy: pp.106-107 Sedivy: p.112, 114 (Box 4.1) Syllable Structure Pig Latin World phonotactic database Sedivy: pp.121-124 (sound features) IPA pronunciation guide, English consonants, and English vowels Interactive full consonant chart & vowel chart IPA virtual keyboard Sedivy: pp.135-138 (allophones, complementary distribution)
4/7/15	Representation II: Words (pdf) Podcasts (1) Identifying inflectional morphology: Czech (2) Using inflectional morphology: Czech (3) Identifying inflectional morphology: Turkish (4) Using inflectional morphology: Turkish		Sedivy: p.145 (opening) Sedivy: p.154 (categories) Sedivy: p.184 (how words carve up our experience) Sedivy: p.156 (cross-linguistic variation) Sedivy: p.161 (the arbitrary nature of word forms) Sedivy: pp.170-175 (section 5.5: smallest units of meaning, word-building options) Morphology web activity
4/9/15	Representation III: Sentences (pdf) Podcasts (1) Structure determines meaning (2) Time flies like an arrow (3) Some syntactic rules (4) Figuring out structure bottom-up (5) Dependencies		Sedivy: pp.185-186 (creativity & compositionality) Sedivy: p.212, Box 6.5 (syntactic rule restrictions) Sedivy: pp.190-198 (syntactic rules) Sedivy: pp. 216-217 (dependencies)
4/14/15	Acquisition I: Intro (pdf) Podcasts (1) Input vs. intake (2) General computational modeling process	HW1 due HW2 available Review questions available for acquisition	Ambridge & Rowland (2013) Pearl (2010): introduction (1), rationale (2), empirical grounding of the model (5.1), advantages & disadvantages (7) Deb Roy TED Talk: The birth of a word Sedivy: p.224 (CHILDES database) Sedivy: pp.225-226 (input vs. intake)
4/16/15	Acquisition II: Sounds (pdf) Podcasts (1) Categorical perception decision tasks (2) Infant categorical perception (3) Categorical perception in non-humans (4) ABX task (5) Using complementary distribution to learn (6) Naturalness of sound classes		Three procedures for investigating speech perception from JHU Sedivy: pp.108-109 (head-turn preference procedure) Sedivy: pp.129-130 (categorical perception) categorical perception web activity Sedivy: pp.130-132 (sound categories in newborns) Sedivy: p.133 (categorical perception in chinchillas) Sedivy: pp.133-134 (ABX task) Distinctive sound examples: some adults, all infants Sedivy: pp.138-139 (using complementary distribution information) Sedivy: p.142 (natural and unnatural sound patterns)
4/21/15	Acquisition III: Words (pdf) Podcasts (1) Familiarity vs. novelty preference (2) Forward vs. backward transitional probability (3) Stager & Werker 1997 (4) Fennell & Waxman 2010 (5) Fast mapping		Word segmentation examples Sedivy: p.107 (Where are the words?) Sedivy: pp.109-110 (probing infants' knowledge of words) Sedivy: pp.110-112 (familiar words break apart the speech stream) Sedivy: pp.113-114 (stress cues to words) Sedivy: pp.115-118 (statistical cues) Sedivy: pp.140-141 (backward transitional probability) Sedivy: p.120 (using ERPs) Sedivy: pp.148-149, p.164 (Switch task) Sedivy: pp.154-157 (overlapping concepts)
4/23/15	Acquisition IV: Sentences (pdf) Podcasts (1) Mintz 2003: Frequent frame success (2) Mintz 2006 (3) Crain & Nakayama 1987 (4) Pearl & Sprouse 2013 strategy for syntactic islands (5) Silent things (6) Becker et al. 2012: Learning silent things		Sedivy: pp.200-202 (semantic bootstrapping hypothesis) Sedivy: pp.204-206 (syntactic categories) Sedivy: pp.207-208 (evidence of rules extending too far) Sedivy: pp.217-220 (complex yes/no questions) Sedivy: pp.220-222 (syntactic islands)
4/28/15	Midterm Exam Review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
4/30/15	Midterm Exam Locations available: DBH 1600 & anywhere you have internet access	Make sure to have your coursebooks and notes available during the exam.
5/5/15	Speech Perception I (pdf, part 1) (pdf, part 2)	HW2 due HW3 available	How to use EEE's dropbox to submit assignments Sedivy, pp.121-126 Sedivy, Ch.7 Lack of invariance NPR video: What does sound look like? Gallery of speech effects Realtime MRI of speech Categorical perception Talking Piano McGurk effect
5/7/15	Speech Perception II (pdf)		Galantucci et al. 2006: Motor theory of speech perception Holt & Lotto 2008: Auditory theory of speech perception Hickok 2014: The Myth of Mirror Neurons Hickok NYTimes 2015: It's not a 'stream' of consciousness
5/12/15	Word Recognition I: Auditory (pdf)		Sedivy: Ch.7 Pinker 1994 Mapping language in the brain Web activity: Neighborhood density Intro to connectionism
5/14/15	Word Recognition II: Writing Systems		Video: Cracking the Mayan Code
5/19/15	Word Recognition III: Visual (pdf)	HW3 due -- submit through Dropbox (PsyOfLng HW3: W1-W4 and PsyOfLng HW3: Audio)	How to use EEE's dropbox to submit assignments Video: Rethinking Dyslexia part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4
5/21/15	Sentence Comprehension I	HW4 questions available -- to be submitted through EEE Review questions available for speech perception, word recognition, sentence processing, and speech production	Sedivy: Ch.8
5/26/15	Sentence Comprehension II (pdf)	HW4 available through EEE
5/28/15	Speech Production (pdf)		Sedivy: Ch.9 Video: Speech production errors from George W. Bush Video: The man who lost his body Speech Jammer app: Altering auditory feedback Vocal Fry Video: Vocal Fry
6/2/15	Speech Production + Brain & Language	HW4 due	Hickok 2014 NYT: Three Myths About the Brain About Aphasia Sign language resources Hickok et al. 2002 Signed vs. spoken languages Lillo-Martin & Gajewski 2014: iconicity, use of space, simultaneity in signed languages Sign language examples ASL resources: school for the deaf, dictionaries, lessons & dictionary ASL signs differing by feature values aspect in ASL
6/4/15	Aphasia & Brief final exam review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
6/11/15	Final Exam 1:30pm-3:30pm Locations available: DBH 1600 & anywhere you have internet access	Make sure to have your coursebooks and notes available during the exam.

Psych 150/ Ling 155: Schedule