This is the current view of how the semester will proceed, but the schedule will be adjusted from time to time. Do not rely on a printed copy; instead, consult this page. Homework will generally be assigned on Thursdays and due on the following Thursday (the “assignment” column in the table, therefore, represents the time you have to work on the assignment, an assignment is due on the class that occurs after the time you have to work on it ends. E.g., homework 1 is given out on Sep 5 and is due Sep 12). The readings in the Readings column are those that pertain to the lectures that week. Readings listed as “Related” constitute (part of) the source material for the discussions they are listed with, but it is not necessary to read “related” papers (usually because they assume a fair amount of background). Handouts are linked in the “class topic” column and presentations in the “date” column, when available.
Theme | Date | Class topic | Readings | Assignment |
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Logical problem of language acquisition | Tue Sep 3 |
Overview | (Lust 2006, ch. 2) | Survey |
Thu Sep 5 |
Development of syntax, root infinitives | Lust (2006), ch 3, M sec 2.1. | (no homework) | |
L1A syntax, morphosyntax |
Tue Sep 10 |
Agreement, case, ATOM | (no reading) | |
Thu Sep 12 |
Schütze & Wexler (1996) | HW1 | ||
Tue Sep 17 |
Null subjects | (Guasti 2002, ch. 5, 160-185) | ||
Thu Sep 19 |
Specific language impairment | (Rice et al. 1997, 1999, Schaeffer et al. 2002) | HW2 | |
Tue Sep 24 |
The definiteness effect in L2A | White et al. (2009) | ||
Thu Sep 26 |
Optimality Theory, French L1 morphosyntax | (Legendre et al.) | (Await government shutdown) | |
Experimental methodology, data analysis, and reporting |
Tue Oct 1 |
Experimental methods, design, analysis, and write-ups. CHILDES demo |
Snyder (2007), chapter 4 | CHILDES lab |
Thu Oct 3 |
Snyder (2007), chapter 5 | |||
Second language acquisition |
Tue Oct 8 |
Parameters, transfer, markedness | M 4.4, 5.2, MacLaughlin (1995) | |
Phonological development |
Thu Oct 10 |
Amahl, prosodic development | (Smith 1973) | (Await government reopening) |
Tue Oct 15: Monday schedule, no class |
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Phonetic perception/ discrimination |
Thu Oct 17 |
Perception/discrimination | (Guasti 2002, Smith 2010) | (no homework) |
Neurons, Morphological development |
Tue Oct 22 |
Pattern recogntion | (Pinker & Prince 1988, Rumelhart & McClelland 1986) | |
Conceptual development |
Thu Oct 24 |
(Impossible class has become. There is no try.) | Final project: Proposal |
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Tue Oct 29 |
Conceptual development | (Markman, Carey) | ||
BUCLD | Tue Oct 31: BUCLD/SLD – no class |
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Tue Nov 5 |
Quantifier interpretations | (Lidz & Musolino, Gualmini et al.) | Final project: Design |
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TBA | Thu Nov 7 |
TBA | TBA | |
Tue Nov 12 |
TBA | TBA | Final project: Data collection |
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Semantics/ pragmatics |
Thu Nov 14 |
Quantifier interpretations | TBA | |
Tue Nov 19 |
(Class canceled) | |||
Topics | Thu Nov 21 |
TBA | TBA | Final project: analysis |
Tue Nov 26 |
TBA | TBA | ||
Thu Nov 28: Thanksgiving break (no class) | ||||
Presentations | Tue Dec 3 |
TBA | TBA | Final project: write-up |
Thu Dec 5 |
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Tue Dec 10 |
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Semester ends |