Wechsler/ Barrett

June

M 24 Guest lecture on sign language by Dr. Richard Meier. (Meet in normal room, CAL 200) Paper assignment handed out (about 5 pp.).

Tu 25 Read Ch. 8 `The Tower of Babel', pp. 242-261 and `Linguists Debating Deepest Roots of Language' (New York Times).

W 26 Read Ch. 9 `Baby Born Talking-- Describes Heaven'.

Th 27 Reactions in the popular press: Read Statesman article `Baby talk: theorists challenge view that we're born to chat' and W. Safire, `Motherese'.

F 28 Watch the film Playing the Language Game.

July

M 1 Guest lecture by Dr. Harvey Sussman. Read Ch. 10 `Language Organs and Grammar Genes'.

Tu 2

W 3 Read Ch. 11 `The Big Bang.'

(Th 4 Holiday)

F 5 Watch the film With and Without Words.

M 8 Guest lecture by Dr. Peter MacNeilage. Read Ch. 13 `Mind Design.' Papers due.

Tu 9

W 10 Summary.