week | day | date | topic | to read before class | things assigned | things due | ||
1 | T | sept 27 | intros; background | -- | hw #1 | -- | ||
| R | sept 29 | language processing; ambiguity | tLI Ch7; LiM Ch1-2 | -- | hw #1 | ||
2 | T | oct 04 | language acquisition | Cowie10; Ibbotson/Tomasello Sci Am | -- | -- | ||
| R | oct 06 | language acquisition | Snedeker/Gleitman04; Markman90; Smith/Yu08 | hw #2 | -- | ||
3 | T | oct 11 | speech perception; lexical access | tLI Ch5-6; Pinker/Ullman02 | -- | -- | ||
| R | oct 13 | speech perception; lexical access | Rastle04; one more article TBD | hw #3 | hw #2 | ||
4 | T | oct 18 | syntactic processing | LiM Ch6+8 | -- | -- | ||
| R | oct 20 | syntactic processing; reading | Frazier87; Bever/McElree88; Tanenhaus/etal95 | -- | hw #3 | ||
5 | T | oct 25 | semantic/pragmatic processing | LiM Ch10-11 | -- | -- | ||
| R | oct 27 | semantic/pragmatic processing | articles TBD | hw #4 | -- | ||
6 | T | nov 01 | interim recap; midterm review | -- | -- | -- | ||
| R | nov 03 | midterm exam | -- | -- | -- | ||
7 | T | nov 08 | neurolinguistics; language disorders | LiM Ch3; article TBD | -- | -- | ||
| R | nov 10 | TBD (experimental methods?) | review article to be posted | -- | hw #4 | ||
8 | T | nov 15 | lab session | -- | lab report | -- | ||
| R | nov 17 | lab discussion and presentations | -- | -- | -- | ||
9 | T | nov 22 | bilingualism and L2A | review article to be posted | -- | -- | ||
| R | nov 24 | no class -- Thanksgiblin! | -- | -- | lab report | ||
10 | T | nov 29 | bonus topic! -- chosen by class | -- | -- | -- | ||
| R | dec 01 | course recap; exam review | -- | -- | -- | ||
finals | TBA | TBA | final exam | -- | -- | -- |