本門課並無特定的教科書，但選修的學生必須研讀下列的文獻。
There is no required textbook for this course; however, the following readings are required.
Boroditsky, L.「以母語思考方式理解第二語言：說國語及中文者對時間之概念」，刊於《認知科學學會第二十一次年會會報》. Vancouver, BC, 1999.
Boroditsky, L. "First-language thinking for second-language understanding: Mandarin and Chinese speakers' conception of time." In Proceedings of the Twenty-first annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Vancouver, BC, 1999.
Elman, J.L.「均衡分佈的語言表徵、簡單的循環網絡、及文法結構」，刊於《機器學習》.1991, 7, 195-225.
Elman, J.L. "Distributed representations, simple recurrent networks and grammatical structure." In Machine Learning. 1991, 7, 195-225.
Ferreira, F.「韻律學」，刊於《認知科學百科全書》.MacMillan, 2000.
Ferreira, F. "Prosody." In Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. MacMillan, 2000.
Fromkin, V.A. 與 N.B. Ratner. 「語言產生過程研究」，刊於《心理語言學》,J. Berko Gleason 與 N.B. Ratner主編. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace, 1993.
Fromkin, V.A. & N.B. Ratner. "Speech production." In Psycholinguistics. Edited by J. Berko Gleason & N.B. Ratner. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace, 1993.
Gibson, E.「從屬位置理論：以語素間距理論解析語言複雜性」，刊於《圖像、語言及大腦》.Y. Miyashita, A. Marantz 與 W. O'Neil主編, Cambridge. MA: MIT Press, 2000, 95-126.
Gibson, E. "The dependency locality theory: A distance-based theory of linguistic complexity." In Image, language, brain. Edited by Y. Miyashita, A. Marantz & W. O'Neil. Cambridge. MA: MIT Press, 2000, 95-126.
Gibson, E.「句子理解過程之語言複雜性」，刊於《認知科學百科全書文章摘錄》. MacMillan, 2001.
Gibson, E. "Linguistic complexity in sentence comprehension. In To appear in The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. MacMillan, 2001.
Gibson, E.,E. Chen與F. Wolf「句子理解過程中句法儲存成本之連結作業」，刊於《MIT 未發表之研究報告》. 2002.
Gibson, E., E. Chen, & F. Wolf. "Online Syntactic Storage Costs in Sentence Comprehension." In MIT manuscript. 2002.
Gibson, E., T. Desmet, D. G. Watson, D. Grodner, 與 K. Ko. 「解讀英文關係代名詞子句」，刊於《MIT 腦與認知科學系未發表之研究報告》 2001.
Gibson, E., T. Desmet, D. G. Watson, D. Grodner, & K. Ko. "Reading relative clauses in English." In Manuscript submitted for publication, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT. 2001.
Gibson, E. 與皮馬特「句子理解之限制」，刊於《認知科學趨勢》. 1998, 2, 262-268.
Gibson, E., & N. Pearlmutter. "Constraints on sentence comprehension." In Trends in Cognitive Science. 1998, 2, 262-268.
Gleitman, L.R., 與 E. L. Newport. 「兒童語言創造：環境及生理影響語言學習之研究」，刊於《語言》，L.R. Gleitman 與 M. Liberman主編. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 995, 1-24.
Gleitman, L.R., & E. L. Newport. "The invention of language by children: Environmental and biological influences on the acquisition of language." In Language. Edited by L.R. Gleitman and M. Liberman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 995, 1-24.
Grodner, D., E. Gibson, 與 D. Watson. 「言談差異及句子複雜性」，刊於《MIT 腦與認知科學系未發表之研究報告》. 2001.
Grodner, D., E. Gibson, & D. Watson. "Discourse contrast and sentential complexity." In Manuscript submitted for publication, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT. 2001.
Hsiao, F., 與Gibson, E.「中文關係代名詞子句之處理」，刊於《MIT 未發表之研究報告》, 2002.
Hsiao, F., & Hsiao, F., "Processing relative clauses in Chinese." In MIT manuscript. 2002.
Jurafsky, D., 與 J. H. Martin. 「口語及語言處理」，刊於《Upper Saddle River》. NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.
Jurafsky, D., & J. H. Martin. "Speech and language processing." In Upper Saddle River. NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.
Kaan, E., A. Harris, E. Gibson, 與P. Holcomb「從P600看句法整合之困難性」，刊於《語言與認知過程》2000, 15, 159-201.
Kaan, E., A. Harris, E. Gibson, & P. Holcomb. "The P600 as an index of syntactic integration difficulty." In Language and Cognitive Processes. 2000, 15, 159-201.
Lasnik, H.「句子型態之研究」，刊於《語言》.L.R. Gleitman 與 M Liberman主編. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, 283-310.
Lasnik, H. "The forms of sentences." In Language. Edited by L.R. Gleitman and M Liberman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, 283-310.
Osterhout, L.「如何轉化外在事件與大腦潛能刺激過程為研究工具」，刊於《句子處理之研究觀點》C. Clifton, L. Frazier, 與K. Rayner主編. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994, 15-44.
Osterhout, L. "Event-related brain potentials as tools." Edited by C. Clifton, L. Frazier, and K. Rayner. In Perspectives in Sentence Processing. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994, 15-44.
Pinker, S. 「語言習得」，刊於《語言》, L.R. Gleitman 與 M. Liberman, Cambridge主編, MA: MIT Press, 1995, 135-183.
Pinker, S. "Language acquisition." Edited by L.R. Gleitman and M. Liberman. In Language. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, 135-183.
Sedivy, J.C., M. K. Tanenhaus, G. C. Chambers, 與G. N. Carlson. 「利用情境表象解讀語義」，刊於《認知理論研究》, 1999, 71, 109-147.
Sedivy, J.C., M. K. Tanenhaus, G. C. Chambers, & G. N. Carlson. "Achieving incremental semantic interpretation through contextual representation." In Cognition. 1999, 71, 109-147.
Shattuck-Hufnagel, S., 與 A. Turk. 「聽覺及句子處理研究者之語韻觀點探討」，刊於《心理語言學研究期刊》. 1996. 25, 193-247.
Shattuck-Hufnagel, S., & A. Turk. "A prosody tutorial for investigators of auditory sentence processing." In Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 1996. 25, 193-247.
Spivey-Knowlton, M., 與 M. K. Tanenhaus. 「指事情境及含混句法之解讀」，刊於《句子處理之研究觀點》, Clifton, C., L. Frazier, 與 K. Rayner主編,Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994, 415-439.
Spivey-Knowlton, M., & M. K. Tanenhaus. "Referential context and syntactic ambiguity resolution." In Perspectives in Sentence Processing. Edited by Clifton, C., L. Frazier, and K. Rayner. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994, 415-439.
Tanenhaus, M., M. Spivey-Knowlton, K. Eberhard, 與 J. Sedivy. 「口語理解過程之視覺及語言資訊整合」，刊於《科學》,1995, 268, 1632-1634.
Tanenhaus, M., M. Spivey-Knowlton, K. Eberhard, & J. Sedivy. "Integration of visual and linguistic information in spoken language comprehension." In Science. 1995, 268, 1632-1634.
Tartter, V.C. 「語言及其一般處理過程」，刊於《語言處理微觀論》. CA: Sage, 1998.
Tartter, V.C. "Language and its normal processing." In Thousand Oaks. CA: Sage, 1998.
Trueswell, J.C., 與 M. K. Tanenhaus. 「以字彙為基礎之限制性含混句法解讀」，刊於《句子處理之研究觀點》.Clifton, C., L. Frazier, 與 K. Rayner. Hillsdale主編, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994, 155-180.
Trueswell, J.C., & M. K. Tanenhaus. "Toward a lexicalist framework of constraint-based syntactic ambiguity resolution." In Perspectives in Sentence Processing. Edited by Clifton, C., L. Frazier, and K. Rayner. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994, 155-180.
Watson, D., 與 E. Gibson,「語言產生過程中音調表達及句法結構之關係」，刊於《MIT 未發表之研究報告》. 2002.
Watson, D., & E. Gibson, "The relationship between intonational phrasing and syntactic structure in language production." In Manuscript submitted for publication. 2002.
Whitney, P.「語言心理學」. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Whitney, P. "The psychology of language." Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Wolf, F., 與 Gibson, E.「語言剖析概要」，刊於《認知科學百科全書文章摘錄》. MacMillan, 2001.
Wolf, F., & E. Gibson "Parsing: Overview." In To appear in The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. MacMillan, 2001.
Wolf, F., Gibson, E. 與Desmet「語句連慣性及代名詞解讀」，刊於《MIT 未發表之研究報告》. 2002.
Wolf, F., E. Gibson & Desmet. "Discourse coherence and pronoun resolution." In Manuscript submitted for publication. 2002.
