| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment |
| PART I: SOUNDS AND WORDS OF LANGUAGE |
| 01/19 |
Introduction | pdf |
H 3-35 |
|
| 01/24 |
Early speech perception | pdf |
H 135-142; 157-160 |
BQ 1 due
by 9am |
| 01/26 |
Early speech perception | pdf |
H 148-157; 160-162;
Maye et al.
2002
(optional: Eimas) |
BQ 2 due |
| 01/31 |
Early production: Babbling | pdf |
H 142-148;
Petitto & Marentette 1991 |
BQ 3 due |
| 02/02 |
Phonological development & first words | pdf |
H 162-179
(HW 1 available) |
BQ 4 due |
| 02/07 |
Processes of lexical development: segmentation | pdf |
H 204-205;
Werker & Yeung 2005 |
|
| 02/09 |
Processes of lexical development: words & concepts | pdf |
H 204-218;
Gelman & Bloom 2000 |
BQ 5 due |
| 02/14 |
Trajectory of early lexical development | pdf |
H 183-204;
Gleitman & Gleitman 1992 |
HW 1 due |
| 02/16 |
EXAM 1 (in class) |
|
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| PART II: STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE |
| 02/21 |
Higher level language structure | pdf |
H 221-228
(HW 2 available) |
BQ 6 due |
| 02/23 |
Grammatical development | pdf |
H 228-250;
(optional: Hirsch-Pasek et al 1996) |
|
| 02/28 |
Grammatical development | pdf |
H 250-254;
Pinker 1991 |
BQ 7 due |
| 03/01 |
Early communicative development | pdf |
H 89-104 |
|
| 03/06 |
Discourse & pragmatics | pdf |
H 104-131;
Baldwin 2000 |
HW 2 due |
| 03/08 |
Discourse & pragmatics | pdf |
Morton & Trehub 2001 |
|
| 03/13 |
No Class - Spring Break |
|
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| 03/15 |
No Class - Spring Break |
|
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| 03/20 |
Language & thought | pdf |
H 271-294 |
BQ 8 due |
| 03/22 |
Big picture questions | pdf |
H 254-267;
(optional: Gleitman 1990) |
|
| 03/27 |
Brain & language | pdf |
H 45-61 |
BQ 9 due |
| 03/29 |
EXAM 2 (in class) |
|
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| PART III: THE ROLE OF INPUT & BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS |
| 04/03 |
Brain & language part 2; The role of the input | pdf |
H 69-71
(HW 3 available) |
|
| 04/05 |
Learning to read | pdf |
H 354-369 |
BQ 10 due |
| 04/10 |
Bilingualism | pdf |
H 297-325 |
|
| 04/12 |
Second language learning | pdf |
H 64-69
(HW 4 available) |
HW 3 due |
| 04/17 |
Pidgins, Creoles, & inconsistent input | pdf |
H 40-43;
Au et al. 2002;
Hall 1966
(optional: Senghas & Coppola 2001;
Muhlhausler 1986) |
BQ 11 due |
| 04/19 |
Special populations | pdf |
H 373-385 |
|
| 04/24 |
Genie & the Wild Boy of France | pdf |
H 61-63 |
BQ 12 due |
| 04/26 |
Critical periods | pdf |
Newport 1990 |
HW 4 due |
| 05/01 |
EXAM 3 (in class) |
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| 05/09 |
Optional Final Exam (@7:15pm, location Meliora 203) |
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