Your final exam will be on Wednesday, December 19, from 12:30-2:30pm, in our usual classroom (CAS 221). The exam will consist of several short-answer responses, of the sort that you are now familiar with. (There will be no longer, essay-style response.) Although the final exam will be longer than your quizzes have been, it will not …
The following reading is entirely optional–part of the material will figure into our F 12/7 class meeting. I’m making the reading available for those of you who are particularly interested, and would like to read the remainder of the paper on your own: Boroditsky, Lera. 2001. Does language shape thought? Mandarin and English speakers‘ conceptions of …
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For Wednesday 12/5, please read pgs. 114-127 of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website: Whitney, Paul. 1998. The Psychology of Language, Chapter 4 (‘Theories of the Language-Thought Relationship’). Additionally, I’ve posted the following optional reading (though quite short, and rather humorous), which describes the history of certain exaggerated …
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For this Friday 11/30 and next Monday 12/3, please read the following article, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website: Carstairs-McCarthy, Andrew. 2000. Origins of language. In Aronoff, Mark and Rees-Miller, Janie (eds.), The Handbook of Linguistics, 1-18. Oxford: Blackwell.
Here are some links to the videos of the honeybee’s tail-wagging dance from today’s class: Bee Dance (Waggle Dance) Honeybee Waggle Dance Experiment
For this Wednesday 11/28, please read the following book chapter, 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 10 (‘Language Instruction in the Laboratory’).
Starting next Monday 11/26, we will move on to our final course unit, which investigates some broader issues concerning language, species, and culture. We will begin by comparing human language to some of the better-studied animal communication systems. To prepare for next Monday’s lecture, please complete the following two readings, which are both available from …
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Here are the links to the aphasia videos that I had hoped to show in today’s class. You’ll recognize the audio portions, which we did manage to listen to…hopefully the video will help to better illustrate the exact nature of these language disturbances. Broca’s Aphasia Wernicke’s Aphasia Also, here is a video concerning anomic aphasia, …
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If you’d like to see the full version (~10 minutes) of the video on so-called “split-brain” individuals that we watched in today’s class, here’s a link: Two Brained Man Video
Your fourth in-class quiz will be on Monday, November 19. The quiz will consist of several short-answer responses, of the sort that you are now familiar with. There will be no longer, essay-style response this time. The quiz will cover the following topics, which we have encountered in class and in our readings: Spoken Language Comprehension …