{"id":8,"date":"2011-11-14T02:09:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T07:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx540s12\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2012-04-29T03:55:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T07:55:10","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx540s12\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the current view of how the semester will proceed, but the schedule will<\/em> be adjusted from time to time. Do not rely on the printed copy<\/strong>; 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 Jan 19 and is due Jan 26). The readings in the Readings column are those that pertain to the lectures that week, which come from the Meisel (2011) textbook (“M”) unless otherwise noted. 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.<\/p>\n

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Theme<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nClass topic<\/th>\nReadings<\/th>\nAssignment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Issues in L1A:
structure,
parameters,
development of
morphosyntax<\/td>\n		Tue
\n Jan 17<\/a><\/td>\n		Overview<\/a><\/td>\n(Lust 2006, ch. 2)<\/td>\nSurvey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Jan 19<\/td>\n		Logical problem of language acquisition<\/td>\nLust (2006), ch 3, M sec 2.1.<\/td>\nHW1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Jan 24<\/a><\/td>\n		Development of syntax<\/a><\/td>\nM sec 2.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Jan 26<\/a><\/td>\n		Root infinitives<\/a><\/td>\nM sec 2.3 to p. 46.<\/td>\nHW2: Root infinitives<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Jan 31<\/a><\/td>\n		Agreement, case, ATOM, and the UCC<\/a><\/td>\nSchütze & Wexler (1996)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Feb 2<\/a><\/td>\n		Null subjects<\/a>
(and part 2<\/a>)<\/td>\n		(No reading)<\/td>\nHW3: ATOM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Feb 7<\/a><\/td>\n		Guasti (2002, ch. 5, 160-185)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Feb 9<\/a><\/td>\n		Binding theory and Principle B<\/a><\/td>\n(Chien & Wexler 1990)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Experimental
methodology,
data analysis,
and reporting<\/td>\n		Tue
Feb 14<\/td>\n		Experimental methods, design, analysis, and write-ups.
CHILDES demo<\/a><\/td>\n		Snyder (2007), chapter 4<\/td>\nCHILDES lab<\/a>: Data collection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Feb 16<\/td>\n		Snyder (2007), chapter 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Feb 21: Monday schedule, no class<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issues in L2A:
transfer,
parameters<\/td>\n		Thu
Feb 23<\/a><\/td>\n		Second language acquisition of syntax<\/a><\/td>\nM 1, 3.1–3.2<\/td>\nCHILDES lab<\/a>: write-up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Feb 28<\/a><\/td>\n		Transfer, initial state<\/a><\/td>\nM 3.3, 4.1, 4.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Mar 1<\/a><\/td>\n		Parameters in L2 acquisition<\/a><\/td>\nM 4.4, 5.2, MacLaughlin (1995)<\/td>\nHW4: L2 parameters<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Mar 6<\/a><\/td>\n		The definiteness effect in L2A<\/a><\/td>\nWhite et al. (2012), M 4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Mar 8<\/a><\/td>\n		Wh-movement in L1 acquisition<\/a><\/td>\nGuasti, Thornton, and Wexler (1995)<\/td>\nFinal project:
Proposal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 10–Mar 18: Spring recess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acquisition of
syntactic
movement<\/td>\n		Tue
Mar 20<\/a><\/td>\n		Wh-movement in L2 acquisition, critical periods<\/a><\/td>\nUmeda (2007)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Mar 22<\/a><\/td>\n		Passives and A-chains in L1 acquisition<\/a><\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nFinal project:
\n Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Mar 27<\/a><\/td>\n		Acquisition of semantics in L1 acquisition<\/a><\/td>\n(No readings)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topics<\/td>\nThu
Mar 29<\/td>\n		In-class discussions of statistics<\/td>\n(No readings)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Apr 3<\/a><\/td>\n		Specific language impairment<\/a><\/td>\n(Wexler et al.
Schaeffer et al.)<\/td>\n		Final project:
\n Data collection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Apr 5<\/a><\/td>\n		Morphology\/syntax interface in L2 acquisition, etc.<\/a><\/td>\n(Prévost & White)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acquisition of
meaning<\/td>\n		Tue
Apr 10<\/a><\/td>\n		Pragmatics, Albanian<\/a><\/td>\n(Kapia 2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Apr 12<\/td>\n		Guest lecture,
Prof. Stephen Crain
(Macquarie University)<\/td>\n		—<\/td>\nFinal project:
\n analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Apr 17<\/td>\n		Acquisition of semantics in L2 acquisition<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topics<\/td>\nThu
Apr 19<\/a><\/td>\n		Attrition, language mixing<\/a><\/td>\n(MacSwan, Sorace)<\/td>\nFinal project:
\n Presentation prep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assessment<\/td>\nTue
Apr 24<\/td>\n		Recap<\/td>\nNo reading<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presentations<\/td>\nThu
Apr 26<\/td>\n		Presentations<\/em>
\n (JG) —
\n (JH) —
\n (KK) —
\n (CL) —\n <\/td>\n		Final project:
\n write-up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
May 1<\/td>\n		Presentations<\/em>
\n (DG) —
\n (KH) —
\n (AK) —
\n (CK) —
\n (MS) —
\n <\/tr>\n
Semester ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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