Psych 56L/ Ling 51

This is our wonderfully ambitious schedule. We'll attempt to keep with it, but it is subject to modification.

Date	Topic	Notices & Assignments	Reference Material
1/10/12	Introduction to Language Acquisition (ppt) (pdf-bw)	Review questions available for intro	Pearl: How Do They Do It?, pp.1-7 Descriptive & Prescriptive Grammar The Linguistic Genius of Babies
1/12/12	The Study of Language Acquisition (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Standardized Tests and Measures of Language Development, pp.9-10 Pearl: The 'Nature' in Nature-Nurture: Something Must Be Innate, pp.11-14 A modern diary study (Deb Roy)
1/17/12	Biological Bases of Language I (ppt) (pdf-bw)	Review questions available for biological bases of language	Pearl: The Critical Period Hypothesis, pp.15-34 Pidgins Creoles Language & Culture: Pidgins & Creoles Language Bioprogram Hypothesis Nicaraguan Sign Language Newport's Less Is More Hypothesis
1/19/12	Biological Bases of Language II (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: The Development of the Left-Hemisphere Specialization for Language, pp.35-38 Pearl: Methodology, pp.39-41 Language experience during a stroke, ~10:30-13:22 Broca's aphasia Example Broca's aphasic Wernicke's aphasia Example Wernicke's aphasic Another Wernicke's aphasic Using PET scans MEG of brain during language processing Interactive split brain patient experiment
1/24/12	Biological Bases of Language III (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Teaching Words To Animals, pp.43-52 Honeybee waggle dance Dolphin language Alex the parrot Language Analog Project History of ape language Use of language by great apes Kanzi, ~2:35-7:42 Kanzi using lexigrams Kanzi understanding spoken langauge Kanzi understanding novel sentences
1/26/12	Phonological Development I (ppt) (pdf-bw)	HW1 due Review questions available for phonological development	Diagram of vocal tract IPA sound conversion chart Relevant consonants chart Relevant vowels chart Interactive full vowel chart Interactive full consonant chart A podcast series on the sounds of English American English vowels Typing IPA characters (one resource) Typing IPA characters (another resource)
1/31/12	Phonological Development II (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Prelinguistic Speech Sound Development, pp.53-57 Pearl: Categorical Perception, pp.59-61 Motherese Baby babbling "conversation"
2/2/12	Phonological Development III (ppt) (pdf-bw)	Bring IPA reference charts to class	Pearl: Making Adjustments, pp.63-68 Consonantal classes (interactive) Time lapse of 'water' pronunciation, ~4:20-5:40
2/07/12	Midterm Exam Review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
2/09/12	Midterm Exam Locations available: SSL 270 and SBSG G241	Make sure to bring your coursebooks and notes to class.
2/14/12	Lexical Development I (ppt) (pdf-bw)	Review questions available for lexical development	Pearl: Learning Words, pp.69-71 Wagner (2010) (tense & aspect)
2/16/12	Lexical Development II (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Word Meaning, pp.73-75 Pearl: Overextensions and Underextensions of First Words, pp.77-78 A humorous example of overextension Context of vocabulary development, ~5:45-11:00
2/21/12	Lexical Development III (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Fast Mapping, pp.79-80 Pearl: Lexical Constraints on Referent Mapping, p.81 Wagner (2010) (syntactic bootstrapping & argument structure) Fisher et al. (2010) (syntactic bootstrapping)
2/23/12	Development of Morphology & Syntax I (ppt) (pdf-bw)	HW2 due Review questions for development of morphology & syntax available	Morphemes Syntax: Context-Free Grammars
2/28/12	Development of Morphology & Syntax II (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Morphological Development in Children Acquiring Languages Other Than English, pp.83-84
3/1/12	Development of Complex Syntax (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Pearl: Syntactic Knowledge, pp.85-97 A poem showing pronoun reference issues, about a quarter of the way down the page Wagner (2010) (quantification & scope)
3/06/12	Language & Cognition I (ppt) (pdf-bw)	Review questions for language & cognition available
3/08/12	Language & Cognition II (ppt) (pdf-bw)		Wolff & Holmes (2011)
3/13/12	Language Development in Special Populations (ppt) (pdf-bw)	HW3 due Review questions for language development in special populations available	Pearl: Language in Special Populations, pp.99-122 Signed vs. spoken languages
3/15/12	Final Exam Review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
3/22/12	Final Exam 1:30-3:30pm Locations available: SSL 270 and SBSG G241	Make sure to bring your coursebooks and notes to class.

Psych 56L/ Ling 51: Schedule