Current Issues in Sentence Comprehension (Summer Semesters, MM5 MSc, AM5 BSc programs)

Only MSc (Lingusitics, IECL, EMCL) and AM5 students can take this course for credit. Please do not email me asking to enter this course if you are not in these two groups.
Please see the PULS FAQs to find out how the sign-up system works (in German); for IECL and EMCL students I will have physical sign-up sheets.
We will read some of the recent literature on interference effects in sentence comprehension.
Times, location: Mondays 10:15-11:45AM, II.14.009 (Golm, Haus 14, room 09).
Prerequisities: Some background in linguistics (especially syntax) is necessary.
Readings: See moodle website here.
Schedule: The question marks will be replaced by the names of the MSc students who will present the work.

Lecture	Topic	Reading	Presenter
(1) Apr 11	Introductory lecture 1/2		Shravan
(2) Apr 18	Introductory lecture 2/2		Shravan
(3) Apr 25	General overview	Van Dyke and Johns 2012	Camilo R
(4) May 2	Working memory and sentence comprehension	King and Just 1991	Nora K
(5) May 9	Dual tasks and sentence comprehension	Fedorenko et al 2006	Johannes S
(6) May 16	NO CLASS (Pentecost Monday)	-	-
(7)May 23	Van Dyke's theory 1/6	Van Dyke and Lewis 2003	Mareike P
(8) May 30	First class project for AM5		Shravan
(9) June 6	Van Dyke's theory 2/6 and Wells et al 2009	Van Dyke and McElree 2006, Wells et al 2009	Michaela S, Eugene
(10) June 13	Van Dyke's theory 3/6 and Berman et al 2009	Van Dyke 2007, Berman et al 2009	Alexandra L, Nina
(11) June 20	Van Dyke's theory 4/6 and Oberauer et al 2008	Van Dyke 2011, Oberauer et al 2008	Caitlin S, Emma
(12) June 27	Individual differences 5/6 and Oberauer et al 2013	Kuperman et al 2011 Oberauer et al 2013	Patricia W, Marie V
(13)July 4	Individual differences 6/6 and Oberauer et al 2014	Van Dyke et al 2014	Marc H, Daniela
(14) July 11	Dillon et al 2013	none	Carla B
(15) July 18	Second class project for AM5	none	Shravan

Grading: The final grade for MSc students is based on their presentations (70 percent) and class participation (30 percent). The AM5 students' grade is based on their performance in the two class projects (70 percent, 35 percent each) and on class participation (30 percent). Class participation means making good comments or asking good questions in the discussions that happen in class; you only need to do this minimally two or three times during the course (I don't expect that everyone will participate in every class). The class projects for AM5 students will be 30 minute tasks that will be done individually during the class; I will present you with a scientific question, and you will have to design an experiment to address that question. I will assume that you know the literature that we have discussed in the class before the class project is carried out.