Some of you asked me for the links to the aphasia clips we watched in Monday’s class. Â Here they are:
Broca’s aphasia: Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2IiMEbMnPM
Wernicke’s aphasia: Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-LD5jzXpLE
Anomic aphasia: Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWAUmsgk8eg
For Wednesday 11/3, please read the following, both of which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website:
Anderson, Stephen R. 2004. Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion: Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language, Chapter 2 (‘Language and Communication’).
Excerpt from The Language Files (an introductory linguistics textbook) on animal systems of communication.
For Friday 10/29 and Monday 11/1, please read the following, both of which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website:
Jackendoff, Ray. 1994. Patterns in the Mind, Chapter 11 (‘Language and the Brain’).
Sacks, Oliver. 2005. Recalled to Life. Â The New Yorker.
For Monday 10/25 and Wednesday 10/27, please read pgs. 271-284 of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website:
Whitney, Paul. 1998. The Psychology of Language, Chapter 9 (‘Language Production and Conversation’).
Your third writing assignment is due in class on Wednesday, October 27. Â Here’s a copy of the assignment, in case you missed it in class today:
For Friday, 10/22, please read pgs. 213-222 of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website (note that you read the first portion of this chapter for Wednesday):
Whitney, Paul. 1998. The Psychology of Language, Chapter 7 (‘Sentence Processing’).
For Wednesday, 10/20, please read pgs. 203-213 of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website (note that you’ll read pgs. 213-222 of this chapter for this Friday, October 22):
Whitney, Paul. 1998. The Psychology of Language, Chapter 7 (‘Sentence Processing’).
I’ve also uploaded a very short excerpt from an earlier chapter of this book, where the author defines the terms semantic priming and lexical decision, which appear in your assigned reading from Chapter 7. Â You should read this short excerpt *first*.
For Monday 10/18, please read the following, both of which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website:
Jackendoff, Ray. 1994. Patterns in the Mind, pgs. 126-135 of Chapter 10 (‘Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances, Part 2’)
Bickerton, Derek. 1983. Creole Languages. Scientific American 249(8): 116-122.
For Friday 10/15, please read the following, both of which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website:
Jackendoff, Ray. 1994. Patterns in the Mind, Chapter 7 (‘American Sign Language’)
Jackendoff, Ray. 1994. Patterns in the Mind, pgs. 122-125 of Chapter 9 (‘Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances, Part 1’)
(Note that you already read the initial portion of Chapter 9 for Tuesday, October 12.)
For Tuesday 10/12, please read pgs. 112-122 Â of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website:
Jackendoff, Ray. 1994. Patterns in the Mind, Chapter 9 (‘Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances, Part 1’)
(Note that you’ll read the final few pages of this chapter for Friday, October 15.)