We will be using selections from the following coursebook as reference readings.

1. Pearl, L. 2011. The Acquisition of Language. USA: University Readers.
Available from University Readers, for Fall 2014, Psych56L | Ling51.

This coursebook consists of several selections from different textbooks:



In addition, we will also use the following articles as part of the reference readings:

Ambridge, B. & Rowland, C. 2013. Experimental methods in studying child language acquisition. WIREs Cognitive Sciences. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1215.

Berwick, R., Okanoya, K., Beckers, G., & Bolhuis, J. 2012. Songs to syntax: the linguistics of birdsong. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15(3), , 113-121.

Brandt, A., Gebrian, M., & Slevc, L. 2012. Music and early language acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology, 3. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00327.

Brentari, D. & Coppola, M. 2012. What sign language creation teaches us about language. WIREs Cognitive Sciences. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1212.

Carlson, S., Koenig, M., & Harms, M. 2013. Theory of mind. WIREs Cognitive Sciences, 4(4). doi: 10.1002/wcs.1232.

Fisher, C., Gertner, Y., Scott, R. M., & Yuan, S. Syntactic bootstrapping. 2010. WIREs Cognitive Sciences, 1, 143-149. doi: 10.1002/wcs.17.

Gleitman, L., Cassidy, K., Nappa, R., Papafragou, A., & Trueswell, J. 2005. Hard Words. Language Learning and Development, 1(1), 23-64.

Landau, B. & Ferrara, K. 2013. Space and language in Williams syndrome: insights from typical development. WIREs Cogn Sci, 4, , 693-706. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1258.

Lidz, J. 2014. Quantification in Child Language. To appear in the Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics.

Lillo-Martin, D. & Gajewski, J. 2014. One grammar or two? Sign Languages and the Nature of Human Language. WIREs Cogn Sci, 5, 387-401. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1297.

Meltzoff, A., Kuhl, P., Movellan, J., & Sejnowski, T. 2009. Foundations of a New Science of Learning. Science, 325, 284-288.

Wagner, L. 2010. The acquisition of semantics. WIREs Cognitive Sciences, 1, 519-526. doi: 10.1002/wcs.24.

Wolff, P. & Holmes, K. 2011. Linguistic Relativity. WIREs Cognitive Science, 2, 253-265. doi: 10.1002/wcs.104.