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Psychology of Language University
of Connecticut Psychology Instructor: Whitney Tabor |
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Syllabus |
Last update: November 21, 2003
Texts:
Carroll, David W.
(1999). Psychology of Language,
4th ed. Pacific Grove:
Brooks/Cole.
Pinker, Steven (1994) The
Language Instinct. New York: Morrow.
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Topic 1: |
Language
as a natural phenomenon Language
as a window on the mind |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 1 Pinker, Chapters 1, 2 |
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Links |
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Topic 2: |
Two
different perspectives on Language Linguistics Psychology |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapters 2, 3 |
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Topic 3: |
Levels
of Language Structure: Sounds |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 4 Pinker, Chapter 6 |
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Topic 4: |
Levels
of Language Structure: Words |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 5 Pinker, Chapter 5 |
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Topic 5: |
Levels
of Language Structure: Sentences
and Discourse |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 6, 7 Pinker, Chapter 4 |
Midterm Exam 1: October 17
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Topic 6: |
Language
Acquisition |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapters 10-11 Pinker, Chapter 9 |
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Topic 7: |
Language
and Thought |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 14 Pinker, Chapter 3 |
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Topic 8: |
Language
and the Brain |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 13 (pp.
334-354) Pinker, Chapter 10 |
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Links: |
Holowka & Petitto
(1992) article in Science (vol. 297) on mouth aperature size
during babbling (search for “Holowka, S”) |
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Topic 9: |
Evolution
of Language: Biology,
Language Change, Animal
Language |
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Reading: |
Carroll, Chapter 13 (pp.
354-362) Pinker, Chapter 11 |
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Links: |
---Ambrose, Stanley (2001). Paleolithic Technology and Human Evolution. Science, 291: 1748-1753. (Search in Science for “Ambrose, S”).---Hauser, M. D., Chomsky, N., & Fitch, W. T. (2002). The Faculty of Language: What Is It, Who Has It, and How Did It Evolve? Science, 298: 1569-1579. (Search in Science for
Volume
298, p. 1569). ---Pinker,
S. & Bloom, P. (1990).
Natural langauge and natural
selection. Brain and Behavioral
Sciences, 13(4): 707-784. |
Final
Exam: Thursday, December 11, 8-10am
(Arjona 317)
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