Basic literature for undergrad classes

[Evan Kidd]

Hi Katie and list members,

I also teach more adult psycholinguistics than child language, and use  
Trevor Harley's book:

Harley, T. (2008). The psychology of language: from data to theory.  
Hove: Psychology press.

It's a very comprehensive book, and has a great glossary at the back  
that I encourage my students to photocopy and bring to class so that  
they can easily look up any terminology they don't know. The textbook  
itself covers an amazingly broad range of topics and is fairly on top  
of the latest research.

As for child language books, in one of my other roles as book review  
editor for JCL, we have recently published a book review of 3  
textbooks. It is available ahead of print in the "First View" option  
on the JCL website.

Best wishes,

Evan



Quoting Katie Alcock <k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk>:

> I think the difference here, therefore, is that I don¹t want my students to
> understand grammar alone ­ I want them to understand a variety of aspects of
> language, including, but not limited to, what the term ³grammar² refers to.
> At least if they are equipped with some basic definitions, they won¹t feel
> completely at sea in descriptions of neuropsychological cases, or if (in
> their future careers) they meet patients whose language has been described
> in those terms by e.g. speech therapists.
>
> Despite research and interests in the area, I¹m not currently teaching child
> language, so this is possibly a little off topic!
>
> 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 12:19:06 -0400
> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" <info-childes at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Basic literature for undergrad classes
>
> I guess my view is different.  I think the neuropsych literature can be
> quite obscure---but grasping that "who is here" calls for more than a single
> person is right at the core of language and every approach to grammar should
> give it some prominence, particularly looking at child grammar,
> since more than 50% of normal children do not realize this right away.
>
> Tom
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Katie Alcock <k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>> 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  
>> <http://roeper@linguist.umass.edu>
>>>
>>
>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com
>> <http://info-childes@googlegroups.com> " <info-childes at googlegroups.com
>> <http://info-childes@googlegroups.com> >
>> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:12 -0400
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>> <http://k.j.alcock@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>
>>> <http://m.saxton@ioe.ac.uk> >
>>>
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>>> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:14:38 -0000
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>>>
>>> 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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> --
> Tom Roeper
> Dept of Lingiustics
> UMass South College
> Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA
> 413 256 0390
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