Course Schedule
*Readings should be completed before class on the week they are assigned.*
| Week |
Topic Readings: |
Lang. Files |
Pinker |
| 1 |
Communication and Language |
1.1-1.4 |
1 |
| 2 |
Language and Thought |
2.1-4; 13.1-3 |
2, 11 |
| 3 |
Syntax: Categories and Phrases |
6.1-3; 15.3-4 |
3 |
| 4 |
Syntax: Phrases and Transformations |
6.4-6 |
4, 7 |
| 5 |
Morphology: Words and Parts |
5.1-5.7 |
5 |
| 6 |
Phonetics: The Universals of Speech |
3.1-3.10 |
6 |
| 7 |
Phonology: The Sounds of Language |
4.1-4.4 |
9 |
| 8 |
Semantics: The Making of Meaning |
7.1-7.4 |
- |
| 9 |
Language and the Brain |
9.1-7; 12.1-12.8 |
10 |
| 10 |
Language Dialect and Change |
10.1-10.10 |
8, 12 |
*Readings should be completed before class on the week they are assigned.*
