Our wonderfully awesome schedule is now available for the spring 2011 quarter.
Spring 2011
| Date | Topic | Readings | Reference Material |
| Apr 11 | Phonology Learning Models | Yu (2010) |
Vallabha et al. (2007), Gauthier et al. (2007), Toscano & McMurray (2010) |
| Apr 25 | Stress Learning Models | Heinz (2009) | Heinz (2006) |
| May 9 | Computational Phonology |
Heinz (2010a), Heinz (2010b) |
Heinz (2010 Ms) |
| May 23 |
Computational Learning
+ Lang Acq Note time & location change: 2pm-3pm in SBSG 2221 | Clark & Lappin (2011) |
Clark (2004), Clark & Lappin (2009) |
Winter 2011
| Date | Topic | Readings | Reference Material |
| Jan 12 | Analysis by Synthesis | Bever & Poeppel (2010) | |
| Jan 26 | Combining Nativist Lang Acqusition with Statistical Learning | Lidz (2010) | |
| Feb 9 |
Language Acquisition + Language Change |
Hruschka et al. (2009), Lightfoot (2010) | Feb 23 |
Language Acquisition + Language Change |
Chater & Christiansen (2010) | Mar 9 | Language Evolution: Syntax **Time change: 1pm - 2pm |
Progovac (2010) | Hauser, Chomsky, & Fitch (2002) |
Fall 2010
| Date | Topic | Readings | Reference Material |
| Oct 6 | Poverty of the Stimulus: Syntax |
Hsu & Chater (2010) |
Hsu & Chater (2010): Supporting Materials, Foraker et al. (2009), Perfors et al. (2006) |
| Oct 20 | Syntax |
Yang (2010) | Yang (2004) |
| Nov 3 | Syntax |
Bod (2009) | Nov 17 | Hierarchical syntactic learning |
Perfors, Tenenbaum, & Wonnacott (2010) | Kemp, Perfors, & Tenenbaum (2007) | Dec 1 | Hierarchical syntactic learning |
Parisien & Stevenson (2010) | Alishahi & Stevenson (2008) |
Summer 2010
| Date | Topic | Readings | Reference Material |
| Aug 19 | [Lisa] Word Segmentation |
Blanchard, Heinz, & Golinkoff (2010) |
Fleck (2008), Goldwater, Griffiths, & Johnson (2009), Pearl, Goldwater, & Steyvers (2010) |
| Sept 2 | [Lisa] Word Segmentation |
Johnson & Goldwater (2009) | |
| Sept 16 | [Lisa] Word Segmentation & Word Meaning |
Jones, Johnson, & Frank (2010) | Frank, Goodman, & Tenenbaum (2009) |