Lab Manager Cass Lowry and Research Assistant Enas Al-Busairy offered a multi-session training on using event-related potentials (ERP) to study language processing. The first session contained a conceptual overview of ERPs: what they are, what kinds of cognitive processes they…
Michael C. Stern to Present Poster at Workshop on Identifying (In)definiteness on Acquiring L2 English articles from L1 Mandarin
Michael C. Stern will present work from the SLA Lab at the Workshop on Identifying (In)definiteness on L1 Mandarin speakers’ acquisition of articles in L2 English. Session Title: The Noun Phrase: Morpho-syntax & Semantics Date and Time: Friday, March 29,…
Michael C. Stern to Present Paper at 15th Annual Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 15) on L2 Acquisition of Determiners
Michael C. Stern will present work from the SLA Lab at the 15th Annual Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference (GASLA 15) on the L2 acquisition of determiners for speakers whose L1 is determiner-less. Session Title: Morphology Date and…
Jennifer Chard to Present Paper at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference on Making Bilingual Assessment Accessible for Preschoolers
Jennifer Chard will present work from the SLA Lab at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference on Making Bilingual Assessment Accessible for Preschoolers. She will introduce a prototype of an assessment in Mandarin with a methodology that addresses…
Michael C. Stern to Present Paper at 20th Annual SYNC Conference on Perceptual Magnet Effect
Michael C. Stern will present work from the SLA Lab at the 20th Annual SYNC Conference on the perceptual magnet effect as it relates to language experience and perceptual warping. Session Title: Session 4: Phonetics/Phonology Date and Time: Saturday, December…
Congratulations to SLAL members accepted to LSA 2019!
Congratulations to the SLA Lab members who were accepted to present posters and papers at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America! In total, eight submissions from both Master’s and PhD students were accepted: seven poster presentations…
Linguistics Program alumna Dr. Rocío Raña Risso interviewed by Office of Career Planning and Professional Development
Linguistics Program alumna Dr. Rocío Raña Risso was interviewed by the Graduate Center Office of Career Planning and Professional Development. Rocío talks about starting her own translation company, reflects on pursuing research projects as an entrepreneur after the PhD, and fondly remembers her involvement with the…
LeeAnn S. Stevens and Anthony J. Vicario to Present Poster at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 47 Meeting on Relative Fluency Measurement in Heritage Speaker Speech Rate
LeeAnn S. Stevens, and Anthony J. Vicario will present work from the SLA Lab at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 47 meeting on relative fluency in heritage-speaker speech rate and individual variation. Session Title: Posters Date and Time: Friday,…
Jennifer Chard to Present Poster at National Research Conference on Home Language Assessment in Chinese-English Bilingual Preschoolers
Jennifer Chard will present work from the SLA Lab at the National Research Conference on a home language assessment tool for Chinese-English bilingual preschoolers and how it can be applied to other languages. Session Title: Poster Session Date and Time:…
Ian Phillips, Christen N. Madsen II, Gita Martohardjono and Richard G. Schwartz to Present Poster at 2017 CUNY Conference on Spanish Island Violations in Spanish-English Bilinguals
Ian Phillips, Christen N. Madsen II, Gita Martohardjono and Richard G. Schwartz will present work from the SLA Lab at the 2017 CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing on a pupillometry study of island extraction in first- and second-generation bilinguals.…
