Language Acquisition I

A researcher trying to determine when a child acquires the ability to perceive incorrect speech.

This cartoon depicts a typical experiment in which a researcher is trying to determine when a child acquires the ability to perceive incorrect speech, even though the child cannot produce correct speech. (Image by Dr. Orin Percus.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

9.601J / 24.949J

As Taught In

Spring 2002

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Highlights

The course consists of lectures on the fundamentals of first language acquisition over a variety of topics, especially in relation to linguistic theory. The topics covered will include syntax, semantics and phonology in development.

Course Description

Lectures, reading, and discussion of current theory and data concerning the psychology and biology of language acquisition. Emphasizes learning of syntax and morphology, together with some discussion of phonology, and especially research relating grammatical theory and learnability theory to empirical studies of children.

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Ken Wexler. 9.601J Language Acquisition I. Spring 2002. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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