There is no final exam for this course.
Homework must be handed in on time, otherwise you will receive a zero.
Do the assigned readings BEFORE we discuss them in class.
Class attendance and participation are absolutely essential-- IF you do not show up THEN you will not do well!
If you cannot attend class, it is your responsibility to contact me by email as soon as possible, preferably before the class.
| Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
| January 3 | No class, classes haven't started yet | No class, I'm at the LSA in Albuquerque NM |
| January 10 | Introduction (Stainton, chapter 1; Smith in McGilvray, chapter 1) | Syntax (Stainton, chapter 2; Lasnik in McGilvray, chapter 3) |
| January 17 | Reference (Stainton, chapter 3) | Sense (Stainton, chapter 4) |
| January 24 | Truth (Stainton, chapter 5) | Mentalese (Stainton, chapter 6) |
| January 31 | LOT (Stainton, chapter 7) | Test #1 |
| February 7 | Poverty of the Stimulus (Lightfoot in McGilvray, chapter 2) | Induction (Chomsky and Fodor 1975 pdf) |
| February 14 | No class, Reading Week | |
| February 21 | Learning words (Gleitman and Fisher in McGilvray, chapter 6) | Learning phonology (Dresher in McGilvray, chapter 5) |
| February 28 | Knowledge (Hornstein in McGilvray, chapter 7) | Innateness (Pietroski and Crain in McGilvray, chapter 8) |
| March 7 | Simplicity (Charter and Vitanyi TICS pdf) | Test #2 |
| March 14 | Brains (Petito in McGilvray, chapter 4) | Language and the Brain (Chomsky pdf) |
| March 21 | Categorical perception (ASL handshapes pdf) | The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Kay and Kempton 1984 Kay and Regier 2006 Folli and Harley 2006 |
| March 28 | Modularity (Gallistel 1999 pdf) | Evolution (Chomsky, Hauser and Fitch pdf) |
| April 4 | Test #3 | No class, classes are over |