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
1/8/13	Introduction to Language Acquisition (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) What is language? (2) Learning in children (3) Children's input (4) Grammar (5) Timeline of language development (6) Why study language development?	Review questions available for intro HW1 available	The Linguistic Genius of Babies Pearl: How Do They Do It?, pp.1-7 Descriptive & Prescriptive Grammar
1/10/13	The Study of Language Acquisition (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Nature vs. nurture (2) Theory comparison		A modern diary study (Deb Roy) Pearl: Standardized Tests and Measures of Language Development, pp.9-10 Pearl: The 'Nature' in Nature-Nurture: Something Must Be Innate, pp.11-14 O'Grady 2012: factors in language acquisition
1/15/13	Biological Bases of Language I (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Investigating the critical/sensitive period using second language learning (2) Critical vs. sensitive period (3) The "less is more" hypothesis	Review questions available for biological bases of language	Pidgins Hawaiian pidgin example Creoles From pidgin to creole: Suriname Home sign example Nicaraguan sign language Pearl: The Critical Period Hypothesis, pp.15-34 Language bioprogram hypothesis Newport's "Less Is More" hypothesis
1/17/13	Biological Bases of Language II (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Broca's & Wernicke's Aphasia (2) Split-brain patients (3) Not-just-left hemisphere evidence (4) Development of the left hemisphere specialization		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 Language processing in the brain MEG of brain during language processing Broca's aphasia Example Broca's aphasic Wernicke's aphasia Example Wernicke's aphasic Another Wernicke's aphasic Interactive split brain patient experiment
1/22/13	Biological Bases of Language III (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Faculty of the Language: Broad vs. Narrow		Pearl: Teaching Words To Animals, pp.43-52 Honeybee waggle dance Dolphin language Berwick et al. 2012: Birdsong syntax 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
1/24/13	Phonological Development I (ppt) (pdf-bw)	HW1 due HW2 available 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) IPA virtual keyboard
1/29/13	Phonological Development II (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Categorical Perception: Adults (2) Categorical Perception: Infants (3) Categorical Perception: Non-humans		Pearl: Prelinguistic Speech Sound Development, pp.53-57 Pearl: Categorical Perception, pp.59-61 Meltzoff et al. 2009: (section on lang learning) Motherese Baby babbling "conversation"
1/31/13	Phonological Development III (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Phonological processes: Deletion (2) Phonological processes: Substitution (3) Phonological processes: Multiple processes	Have IPA reference charts accessible during class	Pearl: Making Adjustments, pp.63-68 Consonantal classes (interactive) Child pronunciation: "popsicle" Time lapse of "water" pronunciation, ~4:20-5:40
2/05/13	Midterm Exam Review (pptx) (pdf)	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
2/07/13	Midterm Exam Locations available: RH 101 & the computer lab in SBSG G240 (ground floor)	Make sure to have your coursebooks and notes available during the exam.
2/12/13	Lexical Development I (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Meaning as reference (2) Meaning as definition (3) Meaning as prototype (4) Events: tense & aspect	Review questions available for lexical development	Pearl: Learning Words, pp.69-71 Wagner 2010: (tense & aspect)
2/14/13	Lexical Development II (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Learning verbs from multiple cues (2) Underextension vs. overextension		Pearl: Word Meaning, pp.73-75 Pearl: Overextensions and Underextensions of First Words, pp.77-78 A humorous example of possible prelingual conceptual categories [Dr. Who] A humorous example of overextension Context of vocabulary development, ~5:45-11:00
2/19/13	Lexical Development III Instructor away: TA Lawrence presenting lecture (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) The mapping problem (2) Fast mapping (3) Constraints on mapping (4) Experimental evidence of input cues (5) Clues from syntactic structure (6) Syntactic bootstrapping (7) Trying out syntactic bootstrapping	Review podcasts & lecture notes to check your understanding of the material	Pearl: Fast Mapping, pp.79-80 Fast mapping by Ricoh Fast mapping by Chaser Pearl: Lexical Constraints on Referent Mapping, p.81 Wagner 2010: (syntactic bootstrapping & argument structure) Fisher et al. 2010: syntactic bootstrapping
2/21/13	Development of Morphology & Syntax I (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Types of morphemes (2) Some syntactic rules (3) Using syntactic rules	HW2 due HW3 available Review questions for development of morphology & syntax available	Morphemes Syntax: Context-Free Grammars
2/26/13	Development of Morphology & Syntax II (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Cross-linguistic development of morphology (2) Children's comprehension strategies (3) Data distributions in children's input		Pearl: Morphological Development in Children Acquiring Languages Other Than English, pp.83-84
2/28/13	Development of Complex Syntax (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Silent things in sentences (2) Implied subjects & implied objects (3) Quantifier scope		Pearl: Syntactic Knowledge, pp.85-97 A poem showing pronoun reference issues, about a quarter of the way down the page Wagner 2010: (sections on quantification & scope)
3/05/13	Language & Cognition I (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Navigation: Experimental Data (2) Navigation: Verbal shadowing & rhythm shadowing (3) Number: Intro & Weber's Law (4) Number: Children's numerical cognition	Review questions for language & cognition available	Linguistic relativity Numerical cognition
3/07/13	Language & Cognition II (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Sentential complements & order of acquisition (2) One idea for learning the connection between language & theory of mind (3) Indirect false belief tasks		Wolff & Holmes 2011: cognitive off-loading False belief task & theory of mind
3/12/13	Language Development in Special Populations (ppt) (pdf-bw) Podcasts (1) Deaf children's errors with pronouns	HW3 due Review questions for language development in special populations available	Pearl: Language in Special Populations, pp.99-122 Signed vs. spoken languages
3/14/13	Final Exam Review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
3/22/13	Final Exam 10:30am-12:30pm Locations available: RH 101 & the computer lab in SBSG G241 (ground floor)	Make sure to have your coursebooks and notes available during the exam.

Psych 56L/ Ling 51: Schedule