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Unless otherwise indicated, readings are from How Language Works

Jan 9-13

Introduction: why, what, how

Topics:	The class
	What's a language?
	Language, language science, language engineering
Assignment 1:	Symbols

Topic:	What language is good for
Code:	MiniLing verbs, Lingie 1
Reading:	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6

Jan 16-20

Introduction: mechanisms and methods

Topics:	Python overview
Topics:	Overview of symbolic behavior and methods
Assignment 2:	Matching and similarity

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Overview of non-symbolic behavior and methods

Jan 23-27

Words: reference, categories

Topic:	Categories and words
Reading:	2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Topic:	Categories and words (cont.)
Reading:	2.5
Assignment 3:	Reference

Jan 30-Feb 3

Words: deixis, learning

Topics:	Taxonomies
Topics:	Deixis
Reading:	2.7
Code:

Topics:	Constraints on word learning
Topics:	Symbolic learning
Reading:	2.6
Assignment 4:	Noun learning

Feb 6-10

Words: iconicity, arbitrariness, metaphor

Topics:	Statistical learning mechanisms
Topics:	Iconicity and arbitrariness
Reading:	3.2
Code:

Topics:	Iconicity and arbitrariness (cont.)
Topics:	Metonymy and metaphor
Reading:	2.4
Code:
Assignment 5:	Statistical semantics

Feb 13-17

Words: statistical approaches

Topics:	Connectionist semantics
Assignment:	Project topics

Topics:

Statistical semantics

Feb 20-24

Sentences: composition

Topics:	Variables and compositionality
Reading:	5.1, 5.2
Code:
Assignment 6:

Topics:	Variables and compositionality
Reading:	5.3
Code:
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Feb 27-Mar 2

Sentences: situations

Topics:	Variables and compositionality (cont.)
Reading:	6.1
Code:
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Assignment 7:

Topics:	Unification, phrases, sentences
Reading:	6.2
Code:

Mar 5-9

Sentences: events and roles

Topics:	Constituent order and semantic roles

Reading:	6.3
Assignment:	Project progress report 1
Code:

Topics:	State, event types
Assignment 8:
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Mar 12-16

Spring Break

Mar 19-23

Sentences: arguments

Topics:	Subjects, objects, adjuncts
Reading:	6.4, 6.5, 6.6

Topics:	Accusative and ergative languages
	Demoting and promoting roles

Mar 26-30

Sentences: constituency, dependency, parsing

Topics:	Constituency
	Dependency

Topics:	Parsing

Assignment 9:

Apr 2-6

Sentences: morphology and syntax

Topics:	The lexical-grammatical continuum
Topics:	Morphemes and words
Reading:	7.1

Topics:	Noun and verb grammatical categories
Topics:	Morphology and wordhood
Reading:	7.2, 7.3, 8.1
Assignment:	Project progress report 2

Apr 9-13

Sentences: statistical approaches

Topics:	N-grams
Assignment 10:

Topics:

Statistical parsing

Apr 16-20

Discourse

Topics:	Discourse referents
	Given and new information

Topics:	Scene description
Assignment 11:

Apr 23-27

Discourse; language and thought

Topics:	Speech acts and deception
Code:

Topics:	Linguistic relativism

Code:

Fin

Apr 30-May 4

Assignment:

Project reports (oral, written) (5:00-7:00pm)

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