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Course: Language Acquisition (2010-2011)


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Part I

28.10 Heiner Overview: Approaches to language acquisition
4.11 Heiner Acquiring syntax: The Emergence of Syntax
Guasti (2004), Chapter 4
11.11 Heiner Acquiring syntax: Null Subjects in Early Languages
Guasti (2004), Chapter 5
18.11 Heiner Acquiring syntax: Acquistion of Wh-Movement
NP-Movement
Guasti (2004), Chapter 6 and 7

Presentation by Andreas Farner
25.11 Heiner Acquiring semantics/pragmatics:
Gualmini (2001), Noveck (2001), Noveck & Posada (2003)

Please write a short review: Noveck (2001)
Presentation by Stefan Kayalski
2.12 Heiner Acquiring semantics/pragmatics
Lidz & Musolino (2002), Lidz & Musolino (2003), Musolino & Lidz (2009)
Please write a short review: Musolino & Lidz (2009)
Presentation by Pia Manning


Part II

9.12 Afra Overview of the computational frameworks for cognitive modeling
Reading: Alishahi (2010), Chapter 2
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6.1 Afra Word segmentation
Reading: Brent (1999)
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13.1 Afra Word meanings
Reading: Alishahi (2010), Chapter 3

Presentation by Florian Niefind: Frank et al. (2009) (Please write a short review.)
20.1 Afra Morphology and lexical categories
Reading: Alishahi (2010), Chapter 4

Presentation by Gerald Schoch: Parisien et al. (2008) (Please write a short review.)
27.1 Afra Acquisition of Syntax
Reading: Alishahi (2010), Chapter 4

Presentation by Michael Fell: Jones et al. (2000) (Please write a short review.)
3.2 Afra Mapping syntax to semantics
Reading: Alishahi (2010), Chapter 5

Presentation by Nadia Dellapiana: Chang & Gurevich (2004)