LING240: Langauge and Mind (Summer 2, 2007)
(August 28, 3pm): The
links to lecture slides and homeworks have been taken out (they can be made available
upon request).] Course information
Instructor: Akira Omaki email web
Meets: MTWThF 2:00-3:20pm, Marie Mount Hall 1304
Course materials
- syllabus (pdf)
- readings: Excerpts from Patterns in the Mind (Jackendoff, 1994) and
Language Files (Bergmann et al, 2007), as well as a few journal articles
/ book chapters that will be made available.
(link to the protected readings page)
Useful links
- Phonetics webpage at U. Iowa
- Guide for using IPA fonts on computers
- Here is all you want to know about Canadian English (including the famous Canadian raising)
Course
schedule (subject to change)
|
week
|
Date
|
Topic
|
Reading (when due)
|
Homework
(estimated date of assignment) |
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1
|
July 16 (M) | Introduction to class [slides] | ||
| July 17 (T) | Argument for mental grammar [slides] | J. Ch.1, Ch.2 | Homework 1 | |
| July 18 (W) | Argument for innate knowledge [slides] | J. Ch.3, Ch.4 | ||
| July 19 (Th) | Phonetics (IPA) [slides] | LF Phonetics | ||
| July 20 (F) | Phonetics, Phonology [slides] | J. Ch.5; LF Phonology part 1 | ||
|
2
|
July 23 (M) | Quiz 1 (phonetics); Phonology [slides] | LF Phonology part 2 | |
| July 24 (T) | Phonology [slides] | LF Phonology part 3 | Homework 2 | |
| July 25 (W) | Phonology (in-class exercises) | |||
| July 26 (Th) | Child phonetics/phonology [slides] | Werker 1995 | ||
| July 27 (F) | Review & practice [slides on EEG and speech perception] [review slides] [review sheet] | |||
|
3
|
July 30 (M) | Midterm I | ||
| July 31 (T) | Morphology [slides] | LF morphology | Homework 3 Language presentation handout |
|
| Aug 1 (W) | Syntax (constituency, PS rules) [slides] | LF Syntax | ||
| Aug 2 (Th) | Syntax (constituency, PS rules) [slides] | |||
| Aug 3 (F) | Quiz 2 (Syntax); Syntax [slides] | |||
|
4
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Aug 6 (M) | Syntax (transformations) [slides] | J. Ch.6 | Homework 4 (modified version) |
| Aug 7 (T) | Syntax (language variations and universals) [slides] | chapters from Baker "The atoms of language" (this is optional) | ||
| Aug 8 (W) | Syntax (syntax-semantics) [slides] | |||
| Aug 9 (Th) | Review & practice [slides on sentence processing] [review sheet] | |||
| Aug 10 (F) | Midterm II | |||
|
5
|
Aug 13 (M) | Language acquisition [lecture notes] | J. Ch.8; Chomsky 1959 "Review of Verbal behavior" (The Chomsky paper is optional) |
|
| Aug 14 (T) | Language acquisition [slides] | O'Grady chapter on language acquisition; Crain & Nakayama | ||
| Aug 15 (W) | Language acquisition [slides] | |||
| Aug 16 (Th) | Critical period (Genie) | J. Ch.9; Curtiss | Homework 5 | |
| Aug 17 (F) | Language presentation | |||
|
6
|
Aug 20 (M) | Critical period (creole) [slides] | J. Ch.10 | |
| Aug 21 (T) | animal language; L2 acquisition [slides] | Johnson & Newport 1989 | ||
| Aug 22 (W) | language and brain; overview of class [slides] [slides on language & brain] | |||
| Aug 23 (Th) | Review Session [review sheet] | |||
| Aug 24 (F) | Final Exam |
Language Presentation Project (see the LP handout for instruction)
List of languages to be presented:
1. Arabic (Katie & Claire)
2. Spanish (Jaye & Sana)
3. Japanese (Lora & Brian)
4. Russian (Hari & Isador)