WEEK 11: LANGUAGE DIVERSITY and UNIVERSALS May 3
Section outline
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How similar are languages and how to explain it?
Universal and biases of cognition
How universal are language universals?
Easy and complex structures
Reading: Review Sedivy, ch. 6 (note Kligton), and read ch. 12, part I, pp. 471-92
Assignment: Complete the web activity on German relative clauses in ch. 6 https://learninglink.oup.com/access/sedivy-2e-student-resources#tag_chapter-06, and 13.1 and 13.2 in ch. 13 https://learninglink.oup.com/access/sedivy-2e-student-resources#tag_chapter-13