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.
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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For this Wednesday 11/14 and Friday 11/16, please read the following (the latter two can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website): Chapter 11 of the Jackendoff book Patterns in the Mind Optional: Hickok, Gregory, Ursula Bellugi & Edward S. Klima. 2001. Sign language in the brain. Scientific American 284(6): 58-65. Optional: Sacks, Oliver. 2005, Oct. 31. …
For this Friday 11/9 and next Monday 11/12, please read the following two articles, which can both be downloaded from the “Readings” section: Fromkin, Victoria A. 1973. Slips of the tongue. Scientific American 229(6): 110-117. Motley, Michael T. 1985. Slips of the tongue. Scientific American 253(9): 116-127.
For next Monday 11/5 and Wednesday 11/7, please read pgs. 203-222 of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website: 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 …
For next Monday (10/29) this Wednesday (10/31), please read the following article, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website: Bickerton, Derek. 1983. Creole languages. Scientific American 249(8): 116-122.
For this Friday 10/26, please read the following: Chapter 7 of the Jackendoff book Patterns in the Mind pgs. 126-130 of Chapter 10 of the Jackendoff book I have also posted the following optional reading at the “Readings” section of this website: Senghas, Ann, Sotaro Kita & Asli Özyürek. 2004. Children creating core properties of language: Evidence …