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Dates of Sessions
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07.05.2010
(#1)
| Jackendoff (2003: 651-665) - We'll use this article to get a synoptic overview on the relation of generative grammar to the cognitive sciences in general. Subsequently we'll go into the open peer commentary in order to see how divergent perspectives can be taken.
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14.05.2010
(#2)
| Jackendoff (2003: 666-707) - This includes the open peer commentary and possibly also the author's response.
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21.05.2010
(#3)
| Jackendoff (2003: 666-707) - This session should conclude the text.
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28.05.2010
(#4)
| Weinberg (1999: 283-315) - Questions of language processing have been on our minds for some time now. We will take the chance and look at Weinberg's processing system from a minimalist perspective.
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04.06.2010
(#5)
| Film Screening: Daniel Everett on endangered languages, lost knowledge, and the Future - The Pirahã debates. A nice warm-up to the following session, in which the original papers will be dealt with.
Poster
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11.06.2010
(#6)
| Everett (2005: 621-646) - The Pirahã debates. The scientific discussions of this language have triggered heated debates within linguistic and anthropological communities. We shall have a look at some of the arguments and potential points of contention.
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25.06.2010
(#7)
| Nevins et al. (2009: 355-404) - We will finish Everett (2005) first and then come to the thorough reassessment. We shall be unravelling the argumentation.
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09.07.2010
(#8)
| Geeraerts (2006: 1-28) - An overview article on Cognitive Linguistics. Since Nevins et al.'s reassessment was well-discussed and somewhat efficiently talked through, we decided to go for the next topic - introducing fundamentals of Cognitive Linguistics.
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16.07.2010
(#9)
| Colloquium on Cognitive Linguistics at the AS, 15:00 - circa 21:00 - This fits in neatly with our present concerns. Regular session is skipped in favour of attending the colloquium.
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23.07.2010
(#10)
| Evans et al. (2007: 2-36) - Another good overview on Cognitive Linguistics. We'll be looking into those papers from a non-dogmatic standpoint. We shall see what core features are generally associated with this particular strand of linguistic thinking. After this session: Summer Break till October.
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05.11.2010
(#11)
| van der Hulst (2010: xv-liii) - This is the introductory text to a collection of papers on recursion. The edition is called Recursion and Human Language. We will see how far we get. Additionally, you can find two key texts on the evolution of the Language Faculty in the resources section.
Session #11
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12.11.2010
(#12)
| Pullum & Scholz (2010: 113-137) - We shall be investigating the so-called infinitude claim. Are languages really "discretely infinite", as is often claimed - if so then what mechanisms underpin this infinitude?
Recursion vs. Iteration
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19.11.2010
(#13)
| Arsenijević & Hinzen (2010: 165-173) - This paper concluded our section on recursion.
Session #13
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25.11.2010
(#14)
| Bever & Poeppel (2010: 174-200) - This text comes from the field of psycholinguistics. It evaluates some key aspects of the so-called Analysis by Synthesis approach.
Background Information
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03.12.2010
(#15)
| Fitch (2005: 381-400) - As we had to re-schedule somewhat, I thus thought it a good idea to spend two weeks on psycholinguistic texts. Fitch (2005) appears to be interesting, but as introduction Cutler et al. (2005) is a great one.
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