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The following schedule is subject to change. All listed readings are required. \u00c2\u00a0Click on any of the listed reading assignments to be taken to the “Readings” page (password-protected).<\/p>\n

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Week<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nReading<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nW 9\/5<\/td>\nCourse Overview; Requirements<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 9\/7<\/td>\nWhat is (knowledge of) a language?<\/td>\nFromkin 2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nM 9\/10<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 1-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 9\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 9\/14<\/td>\nPrescriptive vs. descriptive rules of grammar<\/td>\nSimon 1980;
\nLanguage Myths 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nM 9\/17<\/td>\nPullum 1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 9\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 9\/21<\/td>\nKnowledge of English Sound Patterns: Phonology<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 4-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nM 9\/24<\/td>\nIn-class Quiz #1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 9\/26<\/td>\nKnowledge of English Sound Patterns: Phonology (cont’d)<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 4-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 9\/28<\/td>\nKnowledge of English Sentence Patterns: Syntax<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nM 10\/1<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 6;
\n(also, start readings for W 10\/3 & F 10\/5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 10\/3<\/td>\nNature vs. nurture in language acquisition:
\nThe argument from the “poverty of the stimulus”<\/td>\n		Anderson & Lightfoot 1999
\n(skim “Organic Basis”);
\nChomsky 1988, Excerpt #1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 10\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nTu 10\/9<\/td>\nWhat is Universal Grammar?<\/td>\nBaker 2001, Ch. 1-3;
\nChomsky 1988, Excerpt #2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 10\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 10\/12<\/td>\nIn-class Quiz #2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nM 10\/15<\/td>\nThe developmental course of language acquisition<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 8;
\nEimas 1985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 10\/17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 10\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nM 10\/22<\/td>\nLearning vs. growth: Genetic disruptions
\nin language acquisition<\/td>\n		Jackendoff 1994, Ch. 9;
\nLenhoff et al. 1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 10\/24<\/td>\nLearning vs. growth:\u00a0“Critical period” effects
\nin language acquisition<\/td>\n		Gould & Marler 1987;
\nNewport 2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 10\/26<\/td>\nThe acquisition and creation of signed languages
\n(guest lecture by Joan Nash)<\/td>\n		Jackendoff 1994, Ch. 7,
\nCh. 10 (126-130)
\nOptional:\u00a0<\/strong>Senghas et al. 2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nM 10\/29<\/td>\nHurricane Sandy!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 10\/31<\/td>\nPidgins and creoles: Evidence for Universal Grammar?<\/td>\nBickerton 1983<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 11\/2<\/td>\nIn-class Quiz #3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nM 11\/5<\/td>\nSentence comprehension and “garden paths”<\/td>\nWhitney 1998, Ch. 7
\n(204-222)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 11\/7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 11\/9<\/td>\nWhat can “slips of the tongue” show us
\nabout sentence production?<\/td>\n		Fromkin 1973;
\nMotley 1985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nM 11\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 11\/14<\/td>\nNeural substrates of language<\/td>\nJackendoff 1994, Ch. 11;
\nOptional (but recommended): <\/strong>
\nHickok et al. 2001, Sacks 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 11\/16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nM 11\/19<\/td>\nIn-class Quiz #4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 11\/21<\/td>\nFall Recess<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 11\/23<\/td>\nFall Recess<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nM 11\/26<\/td>\nIs human language unique?
\nHuman vs. animal communication<\/td>\n		Anderson 2004, Ch. 2;
\n“The Honey Bee Dance Language”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 11\/28<\/td>\nAnderson 2004, Ch. 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 11\/30<\/td>\nThe evolution of human language<\/td>\nCarstairs-McCarthy 2000
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nM 12\/3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 12\/5<\/td>\nDoes language shape thought?
\nLinguistic determinism and linguistic relativity<\/td>\n		Whitney 1998, Ch. 4 (114-127);
\nOptional:<\/strong> Pullum 1989<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 12\/7<\/td>\nOptional:<\/strong> Boroditsky 2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nM 12\/10<\/td>\nCourse Wrap-up<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 12\/12<\/td>\nNo Class<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nW 12\/19<\/td>\nFinal Exam (12:30-2:30pm)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following schedule is subject to change. All listed readings are required. \u00c2\u00a0Click on any of the listed reading assignments to be taken to the “Readings” page (password-protected). Week Date Topic Reading 1 W 9\/5 Course Overview; Requirements F 9\/7 What is (knowledge of) a language? Fromkin 2001 2 M 9\/10 Jackendoff 1994, Ch. 1-3 …<\/p>\n

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