Normal language acquisition. In order to investigate what aspects of language must be learned and what aspects are innate, we study the types of errors that children do and dno not make and the order in which children acquire aspects of language. Undergraduates help design experiments, test children and perform transcript-based studies. Abnormal language acquisition. Language acquisition by children with developmental language disorders is compared with language acquisition by normal children.
Undergraduates help recruit and test language-impaired children.
Undergraduates also help code and analyze SLI children's data. Adult language processing. Computer-based experiments are used to investigate the cognitive bases of spoken and written language processing. Undergraduates help design experiments and test college students. Genetics of language.