This cartoon depicts a typical experiment in which a researcher is trying to determine when a child acquires the ability to perceive incorrect speech, even though the child cannot produce correct speech. (Image by Dr. Orin Percus.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Ken Wexler
MIT Course Number
9.601J / 24.949J
As Taught In
Spring 2002
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
The course consists of lectures on the fundamentals of first language acquisition over a variety of topics, especially in relation to linguistic theory. The topics covered will include syntax, semantics and phonology in development.
Course Description
Lectures, reading, and discussion of current theory and data concerning the psychology and biology of language acquisition. Emphasizes learning of syntax and morphology, together with some discussion of phonology, and especially research relating grammatical theory and learnability theory to empirical studies of children.