This is our wonderfully ambitious schedule. We'll attempt to keep with it, but it is subject to modification.

Date Topic Readings
(to be read by this class)
Notices &
Assignments
Reference Material (not required reading)
4/1/08 Introduction to
Language Acquisition
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4/3/08 Knowledge of Language & Constraints on Learning
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Jackendoff 1994: 3-34 [Chapters 1, 2, 3]

HW 1 assigned

Marr (1982): Ch.1,
Jackendoff (1994): Ch.8
4/8/08 Quiz 1
Sounds I
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4/10/08 Sounds II
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HW 1 due

Werker (1995), Werker & Tees (2002)
4/15/08 Sounds III
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HW 2 assigned

Dietrich, Swingley, & Werker (2007), Vallabha et al. (2007)
4/17/08 Quiz 2
Sounds of Words I
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Stager & Werker (1997)
Swingley & Aslin (2002), Swingley (2005), Werker et al. (2002)
4/22/08 In-Class Assignment
Sounds of Words II
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HW 2 due
HW 3 assigned

Werker & Yeung (2005)
4/24/08 Quiz 3
Words in Fluent Speech
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Saffran, Aslin, & Newport (1996)

4/29/08 Words in Fluent Speech II
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HW 3 due

Gambell & Yang (2006)
5/1/08 Grammatical Categories
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HW 4 assigned

Gomez & Lakusta (2004), Mintz (2003)
5/6/08 Quiz 4
Rules in Language: Word-Level I
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Pinker 1995: Chapter 5

Yang (2002), ch.3
5/8/08 Rules in Language: Word-Level II
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HW 4 due
HW 5 assigned

Pinker & Ullman vs. McClelland & Patterson (2002), Yang (2005)
5/13/08 Quiz 5
Structure and Statistical Learning
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Thompson & Newport (2007)
5/15/08 In-Class Assignment
Poverty of the Stimulus I
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HW 5 due

5/20/08 Poverty of the Stimulus II
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Gerken (2006)
5/22/08 Learning Biases
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Pena et al. 2002

HW 6 assigned

Newport & Aslin (2004)
5/27/08 Quiz 6
Language Structure I
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Baker 2001: 1-18
5/29/08 Language Structure II
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HW 6 due
Email instructor choice of final paper or final exam.
If final paper, chosen article(s) must be indicated.
Baker (2001), Ch.2
6/3/08 Learning Structure
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Structure Learning review questions available
Yang (2004)
6/5/08 Summary & Review

6/12/08 Final paper due
OR
Final exam taken
Final paper submitted by 6pm
OR
Final exam taken 4pm-6pm