Cog360 Language Acquisition (Undergrad) 2001 MIT
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A sample stimulus item from an experiment testing children's knowledge of pronoun reference. (Drawing by Prof. Ken Wexler.)
Course Highlights
What is it that someone knows, when we say that he or she knows a
language? This is the question addressed by linguists and
psycholinguists exploring the structure of a language. This course
features an extensive reading list. The assignments are
in the form of problem sets with solutions. A detailed overview of the
subject as well as reviews of the course are located in the study materials.
Course Description
Covers the major results in the study of first language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including sentence structure and morphology. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered, including parameter-setting and maturation.
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