Schedule

Subject to change. Changes are announced on ELMS.

Readings are posted on ELMS. Slides go up here after class.

Weeks 1 to 5 · Foundations

Date Topic Main reading Optional Due
Week 1 Sep 1 Introduction to the course
Sep 3 Language production Griffin & Ferreira 2006 Levelt et al. 1999; Cole & Reitter 2019; Goldberg & Ferreira 2019 Question
Week 2 Sep 8 Language production Griffin & Ferreira 2006, 1.3 to 1.5 Question
Sep 10 Frames, slots, fillers Levelt 1989, Ch. 9 Levelt 1989, Ch. 7 Question
Week 3 Sep 15 Speech errors Dell 1995 Fromkin 1971; Garrett 1975 Question
Sep 17 Speech errors Question
Sep 20 Synthesis I
Week 4 Sep 22 Simple words and modelling their production Roelofs 2000 Cutting & Ferreira 1999; Roelofs 2002 Question
Sep 24 Simple words Lampe et al. 2024 Levelt & Meyer 2000; Sprenger et al. 2006 Question
Week 5 Sep 29 DM Intro Question
Oct 1 DM + Production Question
Oct 4 Synthesis II

Weeks 6 to 10 · Lock-in and presentations

Everyone presents one paper from these five weeks.

Date Topic Main reading Optional Due
Week 6 Oct 6 Morphology Zwitserlood et al. 2000 Question
Oct 8 Morphology Roelofs 1996 Roelofs 1998 Question
Week 7 Oct 13 Morphology Lane & Ferreira 2010 Question
Oct 15 Morphology Schiller & Caramazza 2003 Costa et al. 2003; Alario et al. 2008 Question
Week 8 Oct 20 Wrap up discussion
Oct 22 Wrap up discussion
Week 9 Oct 27 Compounds Cuonzo et al. 2025 Question
Oct 29 Sentences Momma & Ferreira 2019 Ferreira 1996; Konopka & Bock 2009; Ziegler et al. 2019 Question
Nov 1 Synthesis III
Week 10 Nov 3 Morphology Schriefers et al. 2002; Schriefers et al. 2005 Schriefers 1993; Paolieri et al. 2011; Gunter et al. 2000 Question
Nov 5 Morphology Thompson et al. 2002 Ouardi & Shah 2026; Shah & Thompson 2007 Question; Project: one paragraph

Weeks 11 to 15 · Building an experiment

Date Topic Main reading Due
Week 11 Nov 10 Lab: theories Experimentology, reading 1 (PDF, HTML)
Nov 12 PCIbex workshop
Week 12 Nov 17 Lab: design and sampling Experimentology, reading 2 (PDF, HTML)
Nov 19 Student presentations I: an idea you would be passionate about (5 min) Presentation I
Week 13 Thanksgiving
Week 14 Dec 1 Lab: piloting and preregistration Experimentology, reading 3 (PDF, HTML)
Dec 3 PCIbex workshop
Week 15 Dec 8 Troubleshooting and brainstorming Project II: draft
Dec 10 Student presentations II: experiment and study plan (10 min) Presentation II

Project checkpoints

Piece Points
Brainstorming submission 2.5
One-on-one check-in meeting 2.5
5-minute presentation 5
1-page rough draft 5
10-minute presentation 5
2-page final proposal 10