Ling
/ Psych 371
Language
and the Mind
Spring 2005
MW 11:30 - 1:18 pm / Mendenhall 131 / 11844-4(Ling), 16855-0(Psych)
INSTRUCTOR: Soyoung Kang Department of Linguistics
Phone: 688-3108 222 Oxley Hall
E-mail: skang@ling.ohio-state.edu Phone: 292-4052
Office: 204 Oxley
Office Hours: MW 10:30 – 11:20 am or by appointment
You are
responsible for checking this site often in order to insure that you obtain
handouts for each chapter and that you don’t miss any announcements. Don’t forget to print class notes out
for each new topic before coming to class.
TEXTBOOK: The Psychology of
Language, 4th
edition by David W. Carroll
READINGS
Except for the first class, readings should be completed in advance. Some of the materials will not be covered in class. However, in-class discussions will assume that you have read these. You should bring the textbook to class everyday as a handy reference.
Please consider attendance a prerequisite for passing this class. The readings provide a base upon which the class discussions build but participation in in-class activities is also very important for understanding the material. If you must be absent from class, you are responsible for getting the notes from someone who did attend. It is not necessary for you to call the department or me if you will be absent.
RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
You must also satisfy a research participation requirement by either participating as a participant in a psycholinguistics experiment or attending a talk on psycholinguistics research. Opportunities for satisfying this requirement will arise throughout the quarter, but you must complete this requirement between March 29, 2005 and June 3, 2005. For the lists of experiments and talks, click here. For the details, see the separate packet.
HOMEWORK AND EXAMS
There are 4 homework assignments. Completed homework assignments should be typed and stapled. Also there is one midterm exam and one comprehensive final exam. You will not be given chances of taking make up exams unless you bring me an official original documentation for medical excuses.
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY
There
will be 6 in-class
activities, in which you will be asked to do various things about class ideas. These activities can be completed only
in class.
As a group, you are
required to submit a summary of your selected article and present it on the day
specified on the syllabus.
Although presenting in a group, you will be evaluated individually so
everyone in each group has to be assigned their own part.
GRADING
Your final grade for this course will be based on the total number of points you accumulate during the quarter. There will be no curving. You will be evaluated according to the following criteria.
Research participation 20
Homework 60
In-Class Activity 48
Group
Presentation
22
Midterm Exam 100
Final 150
Grading
scale
A 376 - 400 C 245 - 270
A- 350 - 375 C- 219 - 244
B+ 324
- 349 D+ 193 - 218
B 298 - 323 D 167 - 192
B- 272 - 297 E 0 -166
C+ 246 - 271
SCHEDULE
The following schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Week Day Date Topic Reading Due
1 M 3/28 Introduction
Ch
1
W 3/30 Speech
Perception Ch4(65-87)
2 M 4/04 Speech
Perception Ch4(65-87)
W 4/06 Words
and meaning Ch 5
3 M 4/11 Words and meaning: Presentation 1 Ch 5 HW#1
W 4/13 Sentence
Processing Ch6(126-135)
4 M 4/18 Sentence
Processing:
Presentation 2 Ch6(126-135) HW#2
W 4/20 Sentence
Processing:
Presentation 3 others
5 M 4/25 Midterm Exam
W 4/27 Speech
Production Ch 8
6 M 5/02 Speech
Production:
Presentation 4 Ch 8 HW#3
W 5/04 First
Language Acquisition Ch 12
7 M 5/09 First
Language Acquisition:
Presentation 5 Ch 10
W 5/11 Second
Language Acquisition Ch11(298-308)
8 M 5/16 Second Language Acquisition: Presentation 6 Ch11(298-308) HW#4
W 5/18 Biological
Foundations Ch13(339-361)
9 M 5/23 Biological
Foundations:
Presentation 7 Ch13(339-361)
W 5/25 Language and thought: Presentation 8 Ch14(376-391)
10 M 5/30 Memorial Day – No class
W 6/01 Course Review
11 W 6/08 Final Exam: 11:30 – 1:18pm