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As one of the requirements for this course you need to read and critique two of the articles from the list below or any other articles or book chapters you find interesting such as the readings suggested by Ms. Karen Greever :http://lbis.kenyon.edu/subj/lang/mll331/ . Your critique should include the evaluation of the reliability of the article you selected, and it should consist of 1) a good summary that describes the research questions, the methodology employed and the findings of the research, 2) your reflections and critique of the article and, 3) how the information you obtained is relevant to your own research and/or interest. In other words what have you learned from the review of literature? Is it informative in terms of understanding of the issue under question or/and in terms of designing your own research methodology? Does the review of literature help you identify a direction in which your research can advance the understanding of the issue under exploration?
 

Morphology
       1. Article describing seven major paradoxes of morphology
             Bender, Bryan W. Morphological Paradoxes.  University of Hawaii.  Fall 1994.
             <http://www2.hawaii.edu/~bender/paradox.html>

      2.  The Separation Hypothesis of Lexeme-Morpheme Base Morphology
             Beard, Robert.  Lexeme-Morpheme Base Morphology.  Bucknell University.
              <http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/>

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Phonetics

      1.  Journal of Phonetics
             Journal of Phonetics.  <http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-phonetics/>

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Syntax

      1.  Article on grammar, including morphology and syntax
             Chung, Sandy and Pullum, Geoff.  Grammar.  University of California, Santa Cruz.
              <http://www.lsadc.org/web2/grammar.html>

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Semantics
       1.  Article on the distinction between Semantics and Pragmatics
             Bach, Kent. The Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction:  What It Is and Why It Matters.
             San Francisco State University.  <http://online.sfsu.edu/~kbach/semprag.html>

      2.  The online Oxford Journal of Semantics...you have to register to get articles
            Journal of Semantics.  Oxford, UK.  <http://www3.oup.co.uk/semant/contents/>
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      2.  Article on pragmatics in semantics
             Pateman, Trevor.  Pragmatics in Semiotics:  Bakhtin/Volosinov. 1989.
             <http://www.selectedworks.co.uk/pragmatics.html>

       3.  Article on the theory of conventional implicature
             Bach, Kent.  The Myth of Conventional Implicature.  <http://online.sfsu.edu/%7Ekbach/Myth.htm>

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First Language Acquisition

       1.  A summary of Vygotsky's theory of language acquisition
             Schutz, Ricardo.  Vygotsky and Language Acquisition.  March, 2002.  <http://www.sk.com.br/sk-vygot.html>

      2.  Questions in first language acquisition
              Pinker, Steven.  Language Acquisition.  <http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/pinker.langacq.html>

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  Second Language Acquisition and Foreign language pedagogy

      1.  Article talking about the brain and second language learning
             Genesee, Fred.  Brain Research:  Implications for Second Language Learning.  December 2000.
             <http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0012brain.html>

      2.  Article on a lexical rather than grammatical approach to language learning.
             Moudraia, Olga.  Lexical Approach to Second Language Teaching.  June 2001.
             <http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0102lexical.html>

      3.  Essentials of Language Teaching
 

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Written Language
       1.  A good introduction to writing systems, with a bibliography for further research
             Lo, Lawrence K.  AncientScripts.com.  last updated 6 October 2002.  <http://www.ancientscripts.com/>

       2.  Lists, examples, and explanations of the world's writing systems
             Ager, Simon.  Omniglot:  A Guide to Writing Systems.  1998.  <http://www.omniglot.com/>

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Sociolinguistics
       1.  Overview of trends in studies of gender and language use since the early 1900s

 

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      2.  Research paper on code-switching among German-Turkish girls
             Kallmeyer, Werner and Keim, Inkem.  Linguistic Variation and the Construction of Social Identity...
        <http://www.ids-mannheim.de/prag/sprachvariation/fgvaria/Kallmeyer&Keim_Variation.and.Construction.of.Identity.pdf>

      3.  Dealing with linguistic variation
             Dealing with Linguistic Variation.

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Neurolinguistics
      1.  Article on language development in children with early-childhood damage to one hemisphere

      2.  Article on how the brain processes brand names and proper names differently from each other and from normal nouns

      3.  Article on the left hemisphere's role in sign language comprehension

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