This is our wonderfully ambitious schedule. We'll attempt to keep with it, but it is subject to modification.
| Date | Topic | Readings (to be read by this class) |
Notices & Assignments |
Reference Material (not required reading) |
| 4/1/08 | Introduction to Language Acquisition (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
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| 4/3/08 | Knowledge of Language & Constraints on Learning (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 1 assigned |
Marr (1982): Ch.1, Jackendoff (1994): Ch.8 |
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| 4/8/08 |
Quiz 1 Sounds I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
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| 4/10/08 |
Sounds II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 1 due |
Werker (1995), Werker & Tees (2002) | |
| 4/15/08 |
Sounds III (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 2 assigned |
Dietrich, Swingley, & Werker (2007), Vallabha et al. (2007) | |
| 4/17/08 |
Quiz 2 Sounds of Words I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Stager & Werker (1997) |
Swingley & Aslin (2002), Swingley (2005), Werker et al. (2002) | |
| 4/22/08 |
In-Class Assignment Sounds of Words II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
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Werker & Yeung (2005) | |
| 4/24/08 |
Quiz 3 Words in Fluent Speech (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Saffran, Aslin, & Newport (1996) |
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| 4/29/08 |
Words in Fluent Speech II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 3 due |
Gambell & Yang (2006) | |
| 5/1/08 |
Grammatical Categories (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 4 assigned |
Gomez & Lakusta (2004), Mintz (2003) | |
| 5/6/08 |
Quiz 4 Rules in Language: Word-Level I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Pinker 1995: Chapter 5 |
Yang (2002), ch.3 | |
| 5/8/08 |
Rules in Language: Word-Level II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 4 due HW 5 assigned |
Pinker & Ullman vs. McClelland & Patterson (2002), Yang (2005) | |
| 5/13/08 |
Quiz 5 Structure and Statistical Learning (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Thompson & Newport (2007) | ||
| 5/15/08 |
In-Class Assignment Poverty of the Stimulus I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 5 due |
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| 5/20/08 |
Poverty of the Stimulus II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Gerken (2006) | ||
| 5/22/08 |
Learning Biases (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Pena et al. 2002 |
HW 6 assigned |
Newport & Aslin (2004) |
| 5/27/08 |
Quiz 6 Language Structure I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Baker 2001: 1-18 |
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| 5/29/08 |
Language Structure II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
HW 6 due Email instructor choice of final paper or final exam. If final paper, chosen article(s) must be indicated. |
Baker (2001), Ch.2 | |
| 6/3/08 |
Learning Structure (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Structure Learning review questions available |
Yang (2004) | |
| 6/5/08 |
Summary & Review |
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| 6/12/08 | Final paper due OR Final exam taken |
Final paper submitted by 6pm OR Final exam taken 4pm-6pm |