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) |
| 1/6/09 |
Introduction to Language Acquisition (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Review questions available for introduction to language acquisition, IPA sounds chart available |
Jackendoff 1994: 3-34 [Chapters 1, 2, 3], Jackendoff (1994): Ch.8, Marr (1982): Ch.1 |
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| 1/8/09 |
Learning Sounds I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Werker (1995) |
Werker & Tees (2002) |
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| 1/13/09 |
Learning Sounds II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Stager & Werker (1997) |
Review questions available for sounds |
Dietrich, Swingley, & Werker (2007) |
| 1/15/09 |
Learning Words I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Saffran, Aslin, & Newport (1996) |
HW1 due |
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| 1/20/09 |
Learning Words II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Gambell & Yang (2006) |
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| 1/22/09 |
Learning Words III (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Review questions available for words |
Mintz (2003), Wang & Mintz (2008) |
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| 1/27/09 |
Learning Morphology I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Pinker (1995) |
Pinker & Ullman vs. McClelland & Patterson (2002) |
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| 1/29/09 |
Learning Morphology II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Review questions available for morphology |
Yang (2002): Ch.3, Yang (2005) |
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| 2/3/09 |
Midterm Review |
Bring questions and your notes to class |
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| 2/5/09 |
MIDTERM |
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| 2/10/09 |
Learning Phrases (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Review questions available for phrases, HW2 due |
Thompson & Newport (2007) |
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| 2/12/09 |
Poverty of the Stimulus I (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
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| 2/17/09 |
Poverty of the Stimulus II (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Gerken (2006) |
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| 2/19/09 |
Learning Biases (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Pena et al. (2002) |
Review questions available for PoS and learning biases |
Newport & Aslin (2004) |
| 2/24/09 |
Intro to Language Structure (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Baker (2001): Ch.1, Baker (2001): Ch.2 |
HW3 due |
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| 2/26/09 |
Learning Structure (pdf: color) (pdf: b&w) (ppt) |
Review questions available for structure |
Yang (2004) |
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| 3/3/09 |
NO CLASS | Use this time to start preparing for the final assignment | ||
| 3/5/09 |
NO CLASS |
Use this time to start preparing for the final assignment |
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| 3/10/09 |
Final Review |
Bring questions and your notes to class. Email instructor choice of final paper or final exam. If final paper, chosen article(s) must be indicated. |
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| 3/12/09 |
In-Class Final Exam/Final Paper due |
Final paper submitted by 3:20pm OR Final exam taken 2pm-3:20pm |