Ling 173: Psycholinguistics Schedule

Schedule

This is a preliminary schedule: additional readings will be listed, dates and topics might be revised depending on where our class discussion takes us. Any changes and updates will be announced on this page, on LATTE, and through class emails.

Chapter assignments refer to the textbook, Carroll, David W. Psychology of language, 5th edition. Thomson/Wadsworth. 2008.

Additional readings will be available on LATTE.

For details on the various types of assignments and grading criteria, please see the course syllabus.

Week/Dates
Topic

Readings
Assignments and deadlines

Week 1
Jan 14, 16
Introduction and linguistic preliminaries.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2
Review 1 assigned. Lab 4 on speech errors assigned: data collection.

Week 2
Jan 21, 23
Psychological preliminaries. Categories and speech perception.

Chapter 3, beginning of Chapter 4
Review 2 assigned.

Week 3
Jan 28, 30
Categories and speech perception.

Chapter 4, pages 67-90

Reading for squib: Galantucci, B., Fowler, C. A., & Turvey, M. T. (2006). The motor theory of speech reviewed. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 361-377.
Review 2 due. Lab 1 data collection assigned. Review 3 assigned.

Week 4
Feb 4, 6
Speech perception: conclusion

Chapter 4, pages 67-90

Reading for squib: NOTE: New deadline is Feb. 11. PLEASE FOLLOW THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS!
Eimas, P. D., Siqueland, E. R., Jusczyk, P., & Vigorito, J. (1971). Speech perception in infants. Science, 171, 303 - 306. (also on LATTE)
Review 3 due.

Week 5
Feb 11, 13
Words and meaning.

Chapter 5, pages 103-110
Lab 1: data collection assigned
Initial project topic is due

Week 6
Feb 18, 20 BREAK Relax

Week 7
Feb 25, 27
Words and meaning.

Chapter 5 (in full)

Reading for squib due Monday 3/3 11am: Miellet, S., O'Donnell, P. J., & Sereno, S. C. (2009). Parafoveal magnification: Visual acuity does not modulate the perceptual span in reading. Psychological Science, 20, 721-728.
Lab 1: data collection due. Lab 1 analysis assigned.

Week 8
Mar 4, 6
Sentence comprehension.

Chapter 6, pages 130-140

Reading for squib due Monday 3/10 noon: James, L. E. & D. M. Burke. 2000. Phonological priming effects on word retrieval and tip-of-the-tongue experiences in young and older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 26.6: 1378-1391.
Finalised project topic is due Tuesday 3/4 by midnight (email for extensions).
Lab 2 Cancelled.

Week 9
Mar 11, 13
Sentence comprehension.

Chapter 6, pages 130-140

Reading for squib due Thursday 3/13 by class time: Onifer, William, and David A. Swinney. "Accessing lexical ambiguities during sentence comprehension: Effects of frequency of meaning and contextual bias." Memory & Cognition 9.3 (1981): 225-236. (on LATTE)
Lab 1 analysis and write-up due Thursday.
Lab 2: Cancelled.
Lab 3: Sentence processing: data collection assigned
Review 4 assigned.
Project abstract is due Thursday 3/20

Week 10
Mar 18, 20
Semantic and pragmatic processing.

Chapter 6, pages 141-156, beginning of Chapter 7

Reading for squib (back to Thursdays):
Project abstract due Thursday.
Lab 3 data due.
Lab 3: analysis and write-up assigned.
Review 5 assigned.

Week 11
Mar 25, 27
Sentence and discourse processing.

Chapters 7, 8, read Tanenhaus and Trueswell 95

Week 12
Apr 1, 3
Sentence processing, speech production.
finish Tanenhaus and Trueswell. read Dell.

Week 13
Apr 8, 10
Language and the brain

Paper for squib, due 4/8: Gennari, S., Meroni, L., & Crain, S. (2004). Rapid relief of stress in dealing with ambiguity. Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use: Bridging the Language-as-Product and Language-as-Action Traditions, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Paper for squib, due 4/14 at noon: Bialystok and Craik 2008
Lab 4 is due: data April 8, write-up April 10

Week 14
Apr 15, 17, 22 BREAK Have fun

Week 15
Apr 24, 29
Language Acquisition

Chapter 10

Paper for squib: Miertsch et al 2009 - due Thursday April 29
Final paper due May 2 before 5pm

Week/Dates	Topic Readings	Assignments and deadlines
Week 1 Jan 14, 16	Introduction and linguistic preliminaries. Chapter 1, Chapter 2	Review 1 assigned. Lab 4 on speech errors assigned: data collection.
Week 2 Jan 21, 23	Psychological preliminaries. Categories and speech perception. Chapter 3, beginning of Chapter 4	Review 2 assigned.
Week 3 Jan 28, 30	Categories and speech perception. Chapter 4, pages 67-90 Reading for squib: Galantucci, B., Fowler, C. A., & Turvey, M. T. (2006). The motor theory of speech reviewed. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 361-377.	Review 2 due. Lab 1 data collection assigned. Review 3 assigned.
Week 4 Feb 4, 6	Speech perception: conclusion Chapter 4, pages 67-90 Reading for squib: NOTE: New deadline is Feb. 11. PLEASE FOLLOW THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS! Eimas, P. D., Siqueland, E. R., Jusczyk, P., & Vigorito, J. (1971). Speech perception in infants. Science, 171, 303 - 306. (also on LATTE)	Review 3 due.
Week 5 Feb 11, 13	Words and meaning. Chapter 5, pages 103-110	Lab 1: data collection assigned Initial project topic is due
Week 6 Feb 18, 20	BREAK	Relax
Week 7 Feb 25, 27	Words and meaning. Chapter 5 (in full) Reading for squib due Monday 3/3 11am: Miellet, S., O'Donnell, P. J., & Sereno, S. C. (2009). Parafoveal magnification: Visual acuity does not modulate the perceptual span in reading. Psychological Science, 20, 721-728.	Lab 1: data collection due. Lab 1 analysis assigned.
Week 8 Mar 4, 6	Sentence comprehension. Chapter 6, pages 130-140 Reading for squib due Monday 3/10 noon: James, L. E. & D. M. Burke. 2000. Phonological priming effects on word retrieval and tip-of-the-tongue experiences in young and older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 26.6: 1378-1391.	Finalised project topic is due Tuesday 3/4 by midnight (email for extensions). Lab 2 Cancelled.
Week 9 Mar 11, 13	Sentence comprehension. Chapter 6, pages 130-140 Reading for squib due Thursday 3/13 by class time: Onifer, William, and David A. Swinney. "Accessing lexical ambiguities during sentence comprehension: Effects of frequency of meaning and contextual bias." Memory & Cognition 9.3 (1981): 225-236. (on LATTE)	Lab 1 analysis and write-up due Thursday. Lab 2: Cancelled. Lab 3: Sentence processing: data collection assigned Review 4 assigned. Project abstract is due Thursday 3/20
Week 10 Mar 18, 20	Semantic and pragmatic processing. Chapter 6, pages 141-156, beginning of Chapter 7 Reading for squib (back to Thursdays):	Project abstract due Thursday. Lab 3 data due. Lab 3: analysis and write-up assigned. Review 5 assigned.
Week 11 Mar 25, 27	Sentence and discourse processing. Chapters 7, 8, read Tanenhaus and Trueswell 95
Week 12 Apr 1, 3	Sentence processing, speech production.	finish Tanenhaus and Trueswell. read Dell.
Week 13 Apr 8, 10	Language and the brain Paper for squib, due 4/8: Gennari, S., Meroni, L., & Crain, S. (2004). Rapid relief of stress in dealing with ambiguity. Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use: Bridging the Language-as-Product and Language-as-Action Traditions, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paper for squib, due 4/14 at noon: Bialystok and Craik 2008	Lab 4 is due: data April 8, write-up April 10
Week 14 Apr 15, 17, 22	BREAK	Have fun
Week 15 Apr 24, 29	Language Acquisition Chapter 10 Paper for squib: Miertsch et al 2009 - due Thursday April 29	Final paper due May 2 before 5pm