A sentence tree demonstrates that a small deletion in syntax can change the literal meaning of a sentence. Image courtesy of Professor Edward Gibson.
Instructor(s)
Prof. Edward Gibson
MIT Course Number
9.59J / 24.905J
As Taught In
Spring 2017
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of human language. Focuses on constructing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting an original and independent experimental project of publishable quality. Develops skills in reading and writing scientific research reports in cognitive science, including evaluating the methods section of a published paper, reading and understanding graphical displays and statistical claims about data, and evaluating theoretical claims based on experimental data. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.
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