Psych 215L: Schedule

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)
9/24/09
Introduction to
Language Acquisition
(pdf)

Jackendoff 1994: 3-34 [Chapters 1, 2, 3]
9/29/09
The Mechanism of Language Learning
(pdf)

* Marr (1982): Ch.1 (especially pp. 24-29)

Emailed discussion questions due Jackendoff (1994) vision comparison,
Jackendoff (1994): Ch.8
10/1/09
Methods of Language Acquisition Research
(pdf) 		Pearl (forthcoming) Emailed discussion questions due
10/6/09 Speech Perception I
(pdf)

* Dietrich, Swingley, & Werker (2007)

 Emailed discussion questions due Werker (1995)
10/8/09 Speech Perception II
(pdf)

* Vallabha et al. (2007)

 Emailed discussion questions due

Dillon & Idsardi (2009 Manu)
10/13/09 Word Segmentation
(pdf) 		* Gambell & Yang (2006) Emailed discussion questions due Saffran, Aslin, & Newport (1996),
Gomez & Gerken (2000),
* Willits et al. (2009),
* Johnson & Tyler (forthcoming),
* Goldwater et al. (2007)
10/15/09
Grammatical Categories I
(pdf) 		* Gomez & Lakusta (2004) Emailed discussion questions due

* Lany et al. (2007),
* Hudson Kam & Newport (2005)

10/20/09
Grammatical Categories II
(pdf) 		* Mintz (2003) Emailed discussion questions due * Wang & Mintz (2008),
* Chemla et al. (2009)
10/22/09
Morphology: Rules vs. Statistics
(pdf) 		Pinker & Ullman vs. McClelland & Patterson (2002) Emailed discussion questions due Pinker 1995: Chapter 5
10/27/09
Morphology: Rules vs. Statistics II
(pdf)
10/29/09
Morphology: Learning Models
(pdf) 		* Yang (2005) Emailed discussion questions due,
First reaction paper should be submitted to instructor by 11:59pm 10/29/09 		* Yang (2002), ch.3,
* Maslen et al. (2004)
11/3/09 Learning Phrases I
(pdf) 		* Thompson & Newport (2007)
Emailed discussion questions due
11/5/09 NO CLASS
11/10/09 Learning Phrases II
(pdf) 		* Takahashi & Lidz (2009) Emailed discussion questions due
11/12/09
Poverty of the Stimulus I
(pdf) 		Pinker (2004),
* Gerken (2006)
11/17/09
Poverty of the Stimulus II: Against
(pdf) 		* Pullum & Scholz (2002) Emailed discussion questions due
Crain & Pietroski (2002),
Valian (2009): Ch.2
11/19/09
Poverty of the Stimulus III: For
(pdf) 		* Legate & Yang (2002) Emailed discussion questions due * Kam et al. (2008)
11/24/09
Poverty of the Stimulus IV: Anaphoric One
(pdf) 		* Pearl & Lidz (2009) Emailed discussion questions due,
Final paper meeting with instructor completed by 11/24/09
11/26/09

NO CLASS - Happy Thanksgiving!
12/1/09
Grammar & Complex Systems I
(pdf) 		* Yang (2004) Emailed discussion questions due Baker (2001): Ch.1,
Baker (2001): Ch.2
12/3/09
Grammar & Complex Systems II
(pdf) 		* Pearl (forthcoming) Emailed discussion questions due,
Second reaction paper should be submitted to instructor by 11:59pm 12/3/09
12/10/09 Final Paper
Final paper emailed to instructor by 11:59pm