Basic literature for undergrad classes

[Katie Alcock]

I think focussing on just quantifiers would be completely beyond my
(psychology undergraduate) students!  I¹m setting my sights low and would
like them just to be able to understand what syntax is and to be able to
distinguish it from, say, phonology ­ so that they can then go and read
articles in the neuropsych literature on their own.

Katie


From: Tom Roeper <roeper at linguist.umass.edu>
Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" <info-childes at googlegroups.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:12 -0400
To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" <info-childes at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Basic literature for undergrad classes

Katie--
    in my book (Prsm of Grammar)---I devote a whole chapter to the
discussion of communication disorders and particularly
the important role of quantifiers in disorders--but I take the opposite
tack, if it interests you, namely to
try to explain the crucial ideas with as little special terminology as
possible.  The book has been used by 7th graders
as well as college students in intro lingusitics classes---as well as by
graduate students--if that is helpful.
    But I sypathize with your desire not to have people overwhelmed with
words when what they need to do is
really grasp new ideas.

Tom Roeper

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Katie Alcock <k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk>
wrote:
> As someone who also teaches adult psycholinguistics and language disorders,
> I¹d be really interested if anyone has a recommendation for a book that
> explains all these terms in a more general context (but briefly, as pointing
> my students towards an introductory linguistics text has generally led them to
> become overwhelmed in the past).
> 
> 
> Katie
> 
> 
> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol
> Lecturer
> Department of Psychology
> University of Lancaster
> Fylde College
> Lancaster LA1 4YF
> Tel 01524 593833
> Fax 01524 593744
> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html
> 
> 
> From: Matthew Saxton <m.saxton at ioe.ac.uk <http://m.saxton@ioe.ac.uk> >
> 
> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com
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> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:14:38 -0000
> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com <http://info-childes@googlegroups.com> "
> <info-childes at googlegroups.com <http://info-childes@googlegroups.com> >
> Subject: RE: Basic literature for undergrad classes
> Every term (from noun onwards) is explained and exemplified, either in the
> glossary or in the text, and there are exercises to practice linguistic
> concepts (with answers).
>  
> 



-- 
Tom Roeper
Dept of Lingiustics
UMass South College
Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA
413 256 0390





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