Psych 56L/ Ling 51

This is our wonderfully ambitious schedule. We usually keep to it, but it is subject to modification.

Date	Topic	Notices & Assignments	Reference Material
9/24/15	Introduction to Language Acquisition (pdf) Podcasts (1) Grammar (2) Learning by correction (3) Motherese	Review questions available for intro HW1 available	The Linguistic Genius of Babies, up through 10:07 Sedivy 2014: pp.105-107 (acquisition intro) Prescriptive & descriptive grammar Prescriptive & descriptive grammar (youtube) The quality of motherese Fatherese Learning other things too Pragmatics: Language & Thought, 10:34-11:38, 14:14-15:22 Pragmatics: Lingspace (youtube)
9/29/15	The Study of Language Acquisition (pdf) Podcasts (1) Domain-specific learning (2) Domain-general learning (3) Ways to be innate (4) Theoretical viewpoint comparison		A modern diary study (Deb Roy), up through 4:20 Sedivy 2014, p.224: CHILDES Database Ambridge & Rowland 2013: spontaneous naturalistic speech, diary, & parental report data, elicited production, comprehension methods Act-out task demo Nativism & Universal Grammar, (youtube): through 2:38 (intro), 7:37-8:34 (summary) Sedivy 2014, pp.28-31: "Are we programmed for language structure?" (UG) Sample nonsense speech used to test infant statistical learning abilities Sedivy 2014, pp.229-231: domain-general vs. domain-specific learning Sedivy 2014, pp.222-225: learning mechanisms
10/1/15	Biological Bases of Language Acquisition I (pdf) Podcasts (1) APICS demo (2) Nicaraguan Sign Language: individual differences	Review questions available for biological bases of language acquisition	Pidgins Hawaiian pidgin example Creoles Pidgins & creoles (youtube): through 5:10 (pidgin formation & structure), 5:11-8:09 (creole formation), 8:10-9:26 (Nicaraguan sign language) From pidgin to creole: Suriname Atlas of pidgin & creole structures: summary article Atlas of pidgin & creole structures Sedivy 2014, pp.517-519: Pidgin & creole complexity Brentari & Coppola 2012: Sign language creation Sedivy 2014, pp.37-39: homesign Sedivy 2014, pp.39-42: Nicaraguan sign language Nicaraguan sign language Language bioprogram hypothesis
10/6/15	Biological Bases of Language Acquisition II (pdf) Podcasts (1) Investigating the critical vs. sensitive period using second language learning (2) Critical vs. sensitive period (3) The "Less is More" hypothesis (4) Finn et al. 2014 & the "Less is More" hypothesis (5) Nim Chimpsky's combinations (6) Teaching bonobos		Sedivy 2014, pp.42-44: sensitive period Language (and other development) in wild children Newport's "Less Is More" hypothesis "Less is more" in action Alex the parrot Einstein the parrot Sedivy 2014, pp.15-17 (+Methods box 2.1): Teaching apes language Sedivy 2014, pp.34-36: language without speech (especially for apes) Sedivy 2014, pp.24-25: syntax, combining units Children vs. chimps Kanzi, ~2:35-7:42 Kanzi using lexigrams Kanzi understanding spoken langauge Kanzi understanding novel sentences
10/8/15	Biological Bases of Language Acquisition III (pdf) Podcasts (1) FLB vs. FLN (2) State diagrams (3) Bird communication vs. human language (4) Human language layers		Sedivy 2014, pp.13-15: primate vocalizations vervet monkey calls: leopard, snake chimpanzees have intentional calls Monkey dialects Sedivy 2014, pp.11-13: bee communication Honeybee waggle dance Dolphin language Dolphin whistle samples Could we speak the language of dolphins?: especially 6:07-6:50, 8:36-9:26, 10:26-10:52 Sedivy 2014, p.36: birdsong and human language comparison Sedivy 2014, pp.42-44: birdsong sensitive period & reconstruction from impoverished input Kaplan 2014: vocal behavior = birdsong; referential signals; theoretical developments = vervet calls Birdsong and human speech rely on similar genes Birdsong unit perception depends on context Songbirds learn sounds & "words" simultaneously Berwick et al. 2012: Birdsong syntax Birdsong reordering units to create new "meaning" Human language vs. other animal comm systems (evolution): 1, 2
10/13/15	Phonological Development I (pdf) Podcasts (1) World Phonotactics Database demo	HW1 due HW2 available Review questions available for phonological development	Diagram of vocal tract IPA (youtube) IPA sound conversion chart Sedivy 2014, Box 4.1 p.125: articulatory phonetics of beatboxing Beatboxing demo vocal tract overview + phonemes (youtube): especially through 5:07 Sedivy 2014, pp.121-124: manner, place, & voicing Place and manner of articulation (youtube) Relevant consonants chart Relevant vowels chart Interactive full consonant chart Interactive full vowel chart Vowels (youtube): especially through 7:38 World Phonotactics database A podcast series on the sounds of English American English vowels Dialect variation in North American English Typing IPA characters (one resource) Typing IPA characters (another resource) IPA virtual keyboard
10/15/15	Phonological Development II (pdf) Podcasts (1) Categorical perception decision tasks (2) Infant categorical perception evidence (3) Categorical perception non-humans		Sedivy 2014, pp.106-107: learning sounds Sedivy 2014, p.33 Box 2.4: babbling Baby babbling "conversation" Social component of babbling Link between hearing and babbling Sedivy 2014, pp.424-425: social component to sound development Sedivy 2014, pp.126-128: cross-linguistic sounds Brandt et al. 2012: music of speech Studying infant speech perception (youtube): up through 3:34 = HAS procedure, 3:35-5:48 = head-turn preference procedure Sedivy 2014, p.132 box 4.2: HAS procedure Sedivy 2014, pp.108-109: head-turn preference procedure Experimental evidence for categorical perception (youtube): 5:39-6:59 Ambridge & Rowland 2013: Conditioned head-turn preference procedure Research of Janet Werker: especially 1:54-4:02 on conditioned head-turn preference procedure Sedivy 2014, pp.129-130: categorical perception Sedivy 2014, pp.130-132: infant speech perception Curtin & Zamuner 2014: Box 1 = impact of speech perception abilities on later development Sedivy 2014, p.133 box 4.4: speech perception in chinchillas Meltzoff et al. 2009: (section on lang learning) Social component for adult sound learning Motherese
10/20/15	Phonological Development III (pdf) Podcasts (1) Deletion processes (2) Substitution processes (3) Multiple process examples	Have IPA reference charts accessible during class	15-month-old pronunciation Child pronunciation: "popsicle" Time lapse of "water" pronunciation, ~4:20-5:40 O'Grady 2005: Making Adjustments, pp.153-163 Consonantal classes (interactive)
10/22/15	Midterm Exam Review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
10/27/15	Midterm Exam Locations available: HH 178 & anywhere you have internet access	Make sure to have your coursebooks and notes available during the exam
10/29/15	Lexical Development I (pdf) Podcasts (1) Compositional semantics (2) Tense (3) Aspect (4) Natural relationships between tense and aspect	Review questions available for lexical development	The power of word meaning Sedivy 2014, p.159 Figure 5.4: features of word categories Wagner 2010: (tense & aspect)
11/3/15	Lexical Development II (pdf) Podcasts (1) Noun learning (2) Manner of motion vs. Direction of motion verbs (3) Snedeker & Gleitman 2002: Cues to verb learning (4) Underextension & overextension errors (5) Identifying a word spurt		child input: videos 1-2 = why learning from non-linguistic context is hard, videos 3-10 = sample experimental stimuli from human simulation paradigm in Snedeker et al. 1999 Mobile App: What's that word? Sedivy 2014, pp.168-169: why learning verbs is hard from non-linguistic contexts The changing form of referents (video) Human Simulation Paradigm reference: Gleitman et al. 2005 Sedivy 2014, pp.505-506: manner-of-motion vs. direction-of-motion verbs Sedivy 2014, p.155: over and underextensions A humorous example of possible prelingual conceptual categories [Dr. Who] A humorous example of overextension Context of vocabulary development, ~5:45-11:00 Effects of input quantity Sedivy 2014, p.151 Box 5.1: The 30-million-word gap Cues to word learning changing over time Joint attention "in the wild"
11/5/15	Lexical Development III (pdf) Podcasts (1) Fast mapping (2) Lexical biases in humans vs. collies (3) Lexical biases in young children (4) Carey & Bartlett 1978		Sedivy 2014, pp.145-147: the mapping problem Sedivy 2014, p.160 Box 5.2: word learning in dogs Fast mapping by Ricoh Fast mapping by Chaser Sedivy 2014, pp.152-154, 165-168: word-learning biases Word-learning biases (youtube): 2:04-2:32 = mapping problem, 2:33-2:58 = whole-object assumption, 4:14-5:06 = mutual exclusivity assumption, 5:07-6:19 = syntactic bootstrapping Perfors 2014: induction in language learning Referential uncertainty and vocabulary growth Sedivy 2014, pp.169-170: syntactic bootstrapping Wagner 2010: (syntactic bootstrapping & argument structure) Fisher et al. 2010: syntactic bootstrapping
11/10/15	Development of Morphology & Syntax I (pdf) Podcasts (1) Morpheme types (2) Some syntactic rules & recursion (3) Buiding syntactic trees	HW2 due HW3 available Review questions available for development of morphology & syntax	Sedivy 2014, pp.170-172: intro to morphemes Sedivy 2014, pp.172-173: inflectional vs. derivational morphemes Sedivy 2014, pp.174-175: morphological case Morphemes (youtube): 0:38-3:10 = morpheme identification; 3:10-4:20 = morpheme types (free vs. bound), 5:08-5:36 = cross-linguistic variation in morphological richness Morphemes Syntax: Context-free grammars Sedivy 2014, pp.190-198: syntactic rules Sedivy 2014, p.27 Box 2.3: recursion
11/12/15	NO CLASS
11/17/15	Development of Morphology & Syntax II (pdf) Podcasts (1) Cross-linguistic morphological development (2) Sentence comprehension strategies (3) Zipfian distributions in language		Rich morphology languages (youtube): 2:22-3:46 Preferential looking paradigm (youtube): 5:48-6:57 Children know more than they can say Zipf's law
11/19/15	Development of Complex Syntax (pdf) Podcasts (1) Silent things (2) Multiple potential silent subjects (3) Silent subjects and objects (4) Becker et al. 2012 (5) Children interpreting pronouns (6) Quantifier scope (7) Children's quantifier interpretations (8) Quantifier spreading (9) The importance of context for interpreting quantifiers		Ambridge & Rowland 2013: elicited production, imitation, syntactic priming, act-tasks, preferential looking, grammaticality judgments Passives (youtube): 1:59-4:45 Pronouns (youtube): 1:18-3:24, 6:24-7:20 Sedivy 2014, pp.387-394: Cross-linguistic pronoun systems Sedivy 2014, pp.401-404: Pronoun interpretation by children Sedivy 2014, p. 403 Box 10.4: Binding constraints A poem showing pronoun reference issues, about a quarter of the way down the page Wagner 2010: (sections on quantification & scope) Quantifiers & scope (youtube): 0:39-5:24
11/24/15	(finish) Quantifiers + Language & Cognition (pdf) Podcasts (1) Sentential complements and order of acquisition (2) One idea for learning the connection between language & theory of mind (3) Indirect false belief tasks (4) Parenthetical endorsements Extra Material (E1) Navigation experiment (E2) Navigation: verbal and non-verbal shadowing (E3) Number: intro & Weber's Law (E4) Children's numerical cognition	Review questions available for language & cognition	Sedivy 2014, pp.181-184 Digging Deeper: concepts vs. words Sedivy 2014, pp.498-499: Whorf hypothesis Wolff & Holmes 2010: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, cognitive off-loading Sedivy 2014, pp.514-515 Language at Large 12.2: Can your language make you broke and fat? Modern Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, especially 5:03-5:50 Linguistic relativity Sedivy 2014, p.508 method 12.1: language intrusion and the Whorf effect Sedivy 2014, pp.430-432, p.434 Box 11.2: theory of mind, false belief task Language and moral judgments: especially 3:28-6:15, 7:19-8:14, 12:51-13:16 False belief task & theory of mind Language input connection Sedivy 2014, p.434: Theory of mind in NSL speakers Carlson et al. 2013: Theory of mind Extra Material: Numerical cognition Lidz 2014, section 1.1: ANS's link to exact numbers and quantifiers Number learning in a non-industrialized society
11/26/15	*Happy Thanksgiving!* (no class)
12/1/15	Language Development in Special Populations Guest lecture: Galia (pdf) Podcasts (1) Pronoun reversal errors in ASL (2) Cochlear implants and language development (3) Williams Syndrome and the Developmental Arrest Hypothesis (4) Williams Syndrome vs. Down Syndrome	HW3 due Review questions available for language development in special populations	Signed vs. spoken languages Lillo-Martin & Gajewski 2014: iconicity, use of space, simultaneity in signed languages Sedivy 2014, p.43 Language at Large 2.2: ASL Sign language examples ASL resources: school for the deaf, dictionaries, lessons & dictionary Rhyming in ASL ASL signs differing by feature values aspect in ASL Sign language intonation Williams syndrome video: 2:17-5:00 Williams syndrome video 2: 2:24-4:56 Landau & Ferrara 2013: Williams Syndrome Sedivy 2014, pp.57-62, p.60 Box 3.1: Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome
12/3/15	Final Exam Review	Come with questions to class	QuickGuide: How to take an online exam through EEE More detailed guide to EEE online exams
12/10/15	Final Exam 1:30pm-3:30pm Locations available: HH 178 & anywhere you have internet access	Make sure to have your coursebooks and notes available during the exam.

Psych 56L/ Ling 51: Schedule