| Date | Topic | Textbook Readings |
| 1/22 | Introduction | |
| 1/29 | The Nature and Origin of Language | Chapter 1 |
| 2/05 | The Structure of Language | Chapter 2 |
| 2/12 | Language, Cognition and Thought | Chapters 3 and 4 |
| 2/19 | Discussion and Examination #1 | |
| 2/26 | Spoken Word Recognition | Chapter 5 |
| 3/05 | Visual Word Recognition | Chapter 6 |
| 3/12 | Sentence Processing and Discourse | Chapters 7 and 8 |
| 3/19 | Spring Recess | |
| 3/26 | Language Production | Chapter 9 |
| 4/02 | Discussion and Examination #2 | |
| 4/09 | Language Acquisition | Chapter 10 |
| 4/16 | Bilingualism, Signed Languages and Creoles | Chapter 11 |
| 4/23 | Brain and Language | Chapter 12 |
| 4/30 | Animal Language | |
| 5/07 | Final Examination | |