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BCS 264: Lecture Schedule

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Part 1: Grammar as Interface of Phonology, Syntax and Discourse Dynamics
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Fundamentals of Stokoe Notation System
Week 3: Sublexical structuring
Week 4: Lexical representation and phonological processes
Week 5: Layering of word formation process
Week 6: Morpho-syntactic mechanisms for phrasal formation
Week 7: Effect of modality on language structure
Week 8: Review session and Part 1 examination
Week 9: Spring term break
Part 2: The Search for Origins of Signed Language Grammar
Week 10: Language genesis and contact
Week 11: Rationale for sign language archeology
Week 12: Paradigm formation and cliticization
Week 13: Grammaticalization of gestural devices in young sign languages
Week 14: Comparing histories of ASL and JSL
Week 15: Divergence and convergence for sign language universals and typology
Week 16: Review and Part 2 examination (last day of class)

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