Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction: Abnormal Language

[Wexler and Hirsch]
Syntactic Theory
2 Syntax Review I: Finiteness, Binding Theory

[Wexler]
Language Acquisition
3 Syntax Review II: A/A'-Movement

[Hirsch]
4 Animal Communication

[Hirsch]
5 L1: Finiteness

[Wexler]
Syntax problem set due
6 L1: Binding Theory

[Wexler]
7 L1: A/A'-Movement

[Wexler]
8 L2: Part 1

[Wexler]
9 L2: Part 2

[Wexler]
10 Language Lateralization and Hemispherectomies

[Hirsch]
Midterm
Language Loss
11 Aphasia: Production

[Hirsch]
12 Aphasia: Comprehension I

[Hirsch]
13 Normal Aging and Syntactic Working Memory

[Fedorenko]
14 Aphasia: Comprehension II

[Hirsch]
15 Parkinson's Disease

[Hirsch]
Genetic Disorders
16 SLI: Extended Optional Infinitive Stage

[Wexler]
17 SLI: Alternative Accounts and FOXP2

[Wexler and Modyanova]
A 1-2 page write-up of initial findings, with a short discussion of where the paper is going is due.
18 Abnormal Research and How to Select Control Groups

[Perovic]
19 Down Syndrome and Autism

[Perovic]
20 Williams Syndrome

[Perovic]
21 Critical Periods

[Hirsch and Modyanova]
Papers are due in class, by the beginning of class.
22 Creoles and Second Language Acquisition

[DeGraff]
23 What it All Means

[Wexler and Hirsch]
Final Exam