Optionality in Language
LIGN 270 / PSYC 244
Spring 2003
Syllabus
Instructors: EricBakovic, Linguistics (2-3206, bakovic@ling.ucsd.edu)
VictorFerreira,
Psychology (4-6303, ferreira@psy.ucsd.edu)
TA: LisaKing,
Linguistics (lking@ling.ucsd.edu)
Time & Place: Tuesday
This seminar
willinvolve discussion of readings from both the theoretical linguistics
literatureand the psycholinguistics/processing literature on the phenomenon
ofoptionality in language. The aimsof
the course are:
(1) to gain some insight into what
optionalityis, empirically speaking, and if it is in fact a
(psycho)linguistically unifiedphenomenon;
(2) to find significant points of contactbetween
these two approaches to optionality, by familiarizing ourselves withexamples of
both types.
Apart from
regularattendance and participation, students in this seminar will be expected
to leadthe discussion of a share of the course readings and either (a) to write
afinal term paper related to the course material or (b) to write three
shortreaction papers on selected readings.
Complete
referencesfor the readings listed below are available at:
http://ling.ucsd.edu/courses/lign270/readings.html
References for
thefurther readings are available at:
http://ling.ucsd.edu/courses/lign270/further.html
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Week |
Topic |
Readings |
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1 |
Introduction |
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2 |
Production, etc. |
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3 |
Word-order
variation & apparent
optionality I |
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4 |
Word-order
variation & apparent
optionality II |
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5 |
Sociolinguistic
variation |
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6 |
Acquisition
issues |
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7 |
Linguistic that |
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8 |
Psycholinguistic that |
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9 |
Formal approaches |
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10 |
Wrap-up |