(All exam and assignment deadlines are final, but content and scheduling are subject to change)
| Date |
Topic |
Readings/Assignments |
| 01/12 |
Introduction & Overview
(Students also assigned to presentation groups)
| pdf |
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| 01/17 |
Martin Luther King Day: No Class |
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| 01/19 |
Special Session 1:
Psycholinguistics in the Broader Context of Cognitive Science + Methodological Considerations in Psycholinguistics | pdf |
M (2004)
T (2004)
|
| 01/24 |
Topic 1: Syntactic Ambiguity (Overview lecture) | pdf |
A (1997), Ch. 7
P (1994), Ch. 7
|
| 01/26 |
Syntactic Ambiguity (I)
Group 1 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
F (1987)
TT (1995)
|
| 01/31 |
Syntactic Ambiguity (II)
Group 1 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
vBBHZ (2003)
TSES (1995)
DdBB (2002)
|
| 02/02 |
Syntactic Ambiguity (III)
Group 1 Presentations + Synopsis (Instructor)
(1 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
FCHDS (2007)
PCC (2000)
|
| 02/07 |
Special Session 2:
Individual differences in language comprehension
| pdf |
GF (2006)
GB (2000)
|
| 02/09 |
Topic 2: Issues in Language Production
(Overview lecture) | pdf |
FMC (in press) |
| 02/14 |
Language Production (I)
Group 2 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
tdHPB (2005)
FD (2000)
|
| 02/16 |
Language Production (II)
Group 2 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
BG (2000)
BPC (2000)
|
| 02/21 |
Language Production (III)
Group 2 Presentations + Exam Review
(1 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
VAG (1997) |
| 02/23 |
Special Session 3: Rational models of language production, by: Alex B. Fine
Mid-term Exam, Take Home, Assigned |
AJ (2008)
LBSR (2009)
|
| 02/28 |
No proper class: I will be available to answer questions about writing for the exam. Use this time to work on them |
|
| 03/02 |
Exam Due: Hand in at beginning of class
Go over exam answers, mid-term evaluation |
|
| 03/07 |
Spring Break: No Class |
|
| 03/09 |
Spring Break: No Class |
|
| 03/14 |
Topic 3: Embodied Approaches to Language Understanding (Overview) |
W (2002)
Z (2004)
|
| 03/16 |
Embodiment (I)
Group 3 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
GK (2002)
SBG (2009)
GGZ (2011)
|
| 03/21 |
Embodiment (II)
Group 3 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
FZ (2008)
ZT (2006)
ZTD (2010)
|
| 03/23 |
No Class — CUNY sentence processing conference
Use this time to start thinking about your papers |
|
| 03/28 |
Embodiment (III)
Group 3 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
HJP (2005)
MC (2008)
|
| 03/30 |
Special Session 4:
Expectations for your final project
|
|
| 04/04 |
Topic 4: Gesture
(Overview)
|
GMMS (2006) |
| 04/06 |
Gesture (I)
Group 4 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
O (2002)
BGSP (2008)
|
| 04/11 |
Gesture (II)
Group 4 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
WCT (2009)
BGM (2010)
|
| 04/13 |
Gesture (III)
Group 4 Presentations
(1 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
WCMGM (2008) |
| 04/18 |
Topic 5: Disfluency and Common Ground (I) (No Overview)
Group 5 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
BK (2006)
HT (2004)
BSGT (2008)
|
| 04/20 |
Disfluency and Common Ground (II)
Group 5 Presentations
(2 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
WK (2007)
HST (in press)
|
| 04/25 |
Disfluency and Common Ground (III)
Group 5 Presentations + Synopsis (Instructor)
(1 30-35 minute paper presentations + discussion) |
BF (2003)
AKT (2007)
|
| 04/27 |
Special Session 5:
Catch-up and Wrap-up
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