Another opportunity for extra credit is now available. If you’ve had trouble contacting the other experimenter or they’ve turned you away because they’re full, contact phonetics_lab@linguist.umass.edu for information about another opportunity. The phonetics lab is running two short experiments and you can do both of them in order to get full credit.
Summary for F Dec 9
Handout
Today we did course evals and then talked mainly about Homework #8, which was due in class today. An answer key for Homework #8 has now been posted so you can use it to study. An answer key for Homework #7 has also been posted. Both of these assignments will be graded and ready to pick up on Monday during my office hours (11am-1pm) or right before the exam.
You can still participate in an experiment for extra credit through the end of next week, and I’ll drop your lowest homework grade if you do so. The information for one of these opportunities was provided here. If you participate in an experiment you’ll need to make sure I’m notified of your participation. The experimenter will either give you a piece of paper to give to me or will take your name and send it to me. (If you get a piece of paper it’s important that I get it because it’s the only way I’ll know that you participated.)
Today was our last class. Feel free to send me an email if any questions arise while you are studying for the exam on Monday. Thanks for a great semester!
Final exam information
Date & Time
- Monday, December 12, 1:30-3:30, in Machmer E-37 (note difference in classroom)
Study guide
Extra office hours (drop-in, South College 305):
- Friday, Dec 9, 2-4
- Monday, Dec 12, 11-1
Summary for W Dec 7
Handouts
- DQ #25 (Did not distribute)
- Homework #8
Today we reviewed the stuff from last time and then talked about Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia. The picture of the brain that I showed (with Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area circled) was taken from the reading for this unit (which you can access from the Readings page). Links to the videos we watched portions of are below:
Summary for M Dec 5
Handouts and slides
- DQ #24
- Homework #8 (Did not hand out today, but I’ll have hard copies on Wednesday if you want one.)
- Slides — 1-up or 4-up
Today we talked about EEGs/ERPs, garden path sentences, and priming. These are topics relating to ‘psycholinguistics’ (broadly defined). We’ll continue with this topic on Wednesday.
Summary for F Dec 2
Handout
Today we talked about compositional semantics. I introduced three different kinds of adjectives—intersective, subsective (or relative intersection), and non-intersective—and we discussed their properties. We then looked at how truth conditions for sentences can be formalized and compared the effects of quantificational determiners (every, some, no) on truth conditions. This was a bit of a whirlwind tour of compositional semantics, and if you missed class or want to review I’d suggest taking a look at the readings for the semantics unit.
Reminder: Homework #7 is due on Monday.