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BCS 261: Lecture Schedule

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(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
 
01/17 Martin Luther King Day: No Class  
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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