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Required Reading
An Introduction to Language, 9th Edition by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina Hyams
Wadsworth Cengage Learning; 9th edition (2010)
Additional Readings (on Sakai)
E. Benmamoun and S. Montrul and M. Polinsky. "Heritage Languages and Their Speakers: Opportunities and Challenges for Linguistics". Theoretical Linguistics, In Press. http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mpolinsky/files/rethinking_the_native_speaker_revised_june_03.13.pdf
Caramazza, Alfonso, and Edgar B. Zurif. "Dissociation of algorithmic and heuristic processes in language comprehension: Evidence from aphasia." Brain and language 3.4 (1976): 572-582.
Chomsky, Noam, and J. Searle. "Chomsky's revolution: An exchange." NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS 49.12 (2002): 64-64.
Hauser, Marc D., Noam Chomsky, and W. Tecumseh Fitch. "The faculty of language: What is it, who has it, and how did it evolve?" Science 298.5598 (2002): 1569-1579.
Ellen Woolford. "Bilingual Code-Switching and Syntactic Theory" Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1983. pp. 520-536
MacDonald, Maryellen C., Neal J. Pearlmutter, and Mark S. Seidenberg. "The lexical nature of syntactic ambiguity resolution." Psychological review 101.4 (1994): 676.
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Topic |
Reading |
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9/4 |
What is Language |
VF 1-38, |
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9/9 |
Brain and Language |
VF 43-69 |
PS 1 |
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9/11 |
Brain and Language continued |
Hauser et.al (2002) |
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PS 1 |
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9/16 |
Morphology |
VF 76-108 |
PS 2 |
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9/18 |
Morphology Continued |
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PS 2 |
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9/23 |
Syntax |
VF 117-168 |
PS3 |
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9/25 |
Syntax Continued |
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PS3 |
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9/30 |
Meaning of Language |
VF 179-216, |
PS4 |
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10/02 |
Meaning Continued |
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PS4 |
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10/07 |
Phonetics |
VF 229-259 |
PS5 |
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10/09 |
Phonetics Continued |
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10/14 |
Phonology |
VF 266-308 |
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10/16 |
Phonology Continued |
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PS5 |
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10/21 |
Review - Generative Grammar |
Chomsky & Searle (2002) |
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10/23 |
Midterm Exam |
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10/28 |
Language Acquisition |
VF 324-366 |
PS6 |
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10/30 |
Language Acquisition - Code Switching |
Woolford (1983) |
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PS6 |
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11/04 |
Language Processing |
VF375-418 |
PS7 |
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11/06 |
Language Processing - Ambiguity resolution |
MacDonald et.al (1994) |
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PS7 |
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11/11 |
Language in Society |
VF430 - 480 |
PS8 |
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11/13 |
Language Change |
VF488 - 531 |
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11/18 |
Heritage Speakers Trans-lingualism |
Benmamoun et.al (2013) |
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PS8 |
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11/20 |
In Depth - Syntax |
Class Notes |
PS9 |
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11/25 |
In Depth - Aphasia |
Caramazza et. al (1976) |
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12/02 |
In Depth - Processing |
McDonald et.al (1994) |
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PS9 |
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12/04 |
Recap |
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12/09 |
Review |
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12/11 |
Exam |
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