Formal, computational models of how people learn, process, and produce language play a prominent role in modern psycholinguistics. This course surveys the field, with a focus on probabilistic models.
Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Presenter |
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1.1 | Mar 31 | Introduction to computational modeling | Klinton | |
1.2 | Apr 2 | Speech perception | Feldman, Griffiths, & Morgan (2009) [pdf] | Klinton |
2.1 | Apr 7 | Speech perception (cont.) | Kronrod, Coppess, & Feldman (2012) [pdf] | Klinton |
2.2 | Apr 9 | Pragmatics | Frank & Goodman (2012) [doi/nu, si] | Kat |
3.1 | Apr 14 | Syntactic learning: word order | Culbertson & Smolensky (2012) [doi/nu] | Daniel |
3.2 | Apr 16 | Word learning | Frank, Goodman, & Tenenbaum (2009) [pdf] | Clayton |
4.1 | Apr 21 | Word segmentation | Goldwater, Griffiths, & Johnson (2009) [doi/nu] | Tommy |
4.2 | Apr 23 | Syntactic production | Jaeger (2010) [doi/nu] | Nayoun |
5.1 | Apr 28 | Syntactic processing | Levy (2008) [pdf] | Kat |
5.2 | Apr 30 | Language change | Maurits & Griffiths (2014) [pdf, si] | Daniel |
6.1 | May 5 | No class (Klinton out) | ||
6.2 | May 7 | Visual word recognition | Norris (2006) [doi/nu] | Clayton |
7.1 | May 12 | Speech perception: the ideal adapter | Kleinschmidt & Jaeger (2015): part 1 + appendix [doi/nu] | Tommy |
7.2 | May 14 | Speech perception: multiple talkers | Kleinschmidt & Jaeger (2015): parts 2–3 [doi/nu] | Tommy |
8.1 | May 19 | Syntactic learning: grammar class | Perfors, Tenenbaum, & Regier (2011) [doi/nu] | Nayoun |
8.2 | May 21 | Syntactic production: priming | Jaeger & Snider (2013) [doi/nu] | Kat + Clayton |
9.1 | May 26 | Reading | Bicknell & Levy (2010) [pdf], Bicknell & Levy (2012) [pdf] | Klinton |
9.2 | May 28 | Phonotactic learning | Goldsmith & Riggle (2012) [doi/nu] | Nayoun + Daniel |
Jun 8 | Final paper due |