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.*