Ling 411 – Neurolinguistics – Spring 2009 – Schedule

All readings are in the course readings packet.
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Dates

Topic

Readings

Web Refs

Week 1

January 6-8

Neuroanatomy

Lamb forthcoming: Being Scientific, Being Realistic
Lamb 1999a: Introducing the Brain

Brain

Brodmann

Weeks 2-5

January 13 - February 5

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

Alexander et al. 1990: Broca's Area Aphasias

 

Weeks 6-8

February 10-26

Investigating Cerebral Function

Cherchi 2000: Investigation of the Brain under Non-pathological Conditions

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 3-5

B R E A K   

 

 

Weeks 9-10, 12

March 10-19, 31

Issues in Linguistic Neuroscience

Novak & Lamb in press: Nouns and Verbs

Hickock 2000: Speech Perception, Conduction Aphasia & Functional Neuroanatomy

Beeman 1998: Coarse Semantic Coding and Discourse

Lamb 2004: Perception of Speech

 

Week 11

March 24-26

Review (Tu)
E  X  A  M   (Th)

 

 

Weeks 13-14

April 7-16

Student Reports