Ling 411 – Neurolinguistics – Spring 2008 – Schedule

All readings except Cherchi (week 6) are in the course readings packet.
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Dates

Topic

Readings

Web Refs

Week 1

January 8-10

Neuroanatomy

Lamb 1999a: Introducing the Brain

Brain

Brodmann

Weeks 2-5

January 15 - February 7

Aphasiology

Benson&Ardila 1996: Historical Background

Goodglass 1993: Disorders of Repetition

A. Damasio 1998: Signs of Aphasia

Benson&Ardila 1996: Perisylvian Aphasias

Goodglass 1993: Laterality

H. Damasio 1998: Neuroanatomical Correlates

Goodglass 1993: Disorders of Syntax and Morphology

Rapp&Caramazza 1995: Lexical Disorders

 

Weeks 6-8

February 12-28

Investigating Cerebral Function

Marcello Cherchi, Challenges in the Investigation of Cerebral Function

Lamb 2004: Dimensions of the Territory

Pulvermüller 2002: Neuronal Structure and Function

Mountcastle,Columnar Organization

Lamb 2005: Language and Brain

MSI

Foreword

Networks

Columns

Activation

Arcuate

March 4-6

B R E A K   

 

 

Week 9

March 11-13

Lexical Processing

Cappa&Perani 2006: Broca's Area and Lexical-Semantic Processing

Novak & Lamb in press: Nouns and Verbs

 

Week 10 – Tu

March 18

E  X  A  M

 

 

Weeks 11-12

March 25 - April 1

Transcortical Processing

Hickock 2000: Speech Perception, Conduction Aphasia & Functional Neuroanatomy

Beeman 1998: Coarse Semantic Coding and Discourse

Lamb 2004: Perception of Speech

 

Weeks 13-15

April 8-22

Student Reports