I am a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut, and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories. I am an affiliated faculty member of the CT Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and a former fellow of the UConn Humanities Institute.
My main research interest is to better understand the human language faculty. Primarily I examine this by studying the structure and acquisition of American Sign Language, and by looking at the process of language acquisition across different languages. See my Research page and the Sign Linguistics and Language Acquisition lab site for more information.
Upcoming Linguistics Events
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2/11
Linguistics Colloquium: Roland Pfau
Linguistics Colloquium: Roland Pfau
Friday, February 11th, 2022
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus TBA
Join us for the Linguistics Colloquium with Roland Pfau (University of Amsterdam)!
The talk will be held online.
Details t.b.a.
https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/p/f/r.pfau/r.pfau.html
https://linguistics.uconn.edu/events/colloquium/Contact Information: tarcisio.dias@uconn.edu
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2/11
ECOM Speaker Series: Aniruddh Patel
ECOM Speaker Series: Aniruddh Patel
Friday, February 11th, 2022
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Zoom
We are pleased to announce that as a part of our ongoing Speaker Series, Expression, Communication, and Origins of Meaning Research Group will host Prof. Aniruddh Patel from Tufts University, Department of Psychology.
This event is co-hosted with IBACS.
For event link please send an email to aliyar.ozercan@uconn.eduContact Information: aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu
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2/18
COGS & IBACS Colloquium: Dr. John Hale
COGS & IBACS Colloquium: Dr. John Hale
Friday, February 18th, 2022
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus TBD
The CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences and The Cognitive Science Program are excited to jointly host a talk by Dr. John Hale, professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Georgia.
Details can be found below but please note that the choice between an in-person or online talk online has not yet been made so please look out for further details.
Time: 4pm, Friday, February 18
Talk Title: "Grammar, Incrementality and fMRI Timecourse"
Department Website: https://ling.franklin.uga.edu/directory/people/john-hale
If you have any questions or would like to meet with Dr. Hale, please contact Whit Tabor at whitney.tabor@uconn.edu.Contact Information: crystal.mills@uconn.edu
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2/25
Linguistics Colloquium: Richard Meier
Linguistics Colloquium: Richard Meier
Friday, February 25th, 2022
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus TBA
Join us for the Linguistics Colloquium with Richard Meier (The University of Texas at Austin)!
The talk will be held online.
Details t.b.a.
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/rmeier
https://linguistics.uconn.edu/events/colloquium/Contact Information: tarcisio.dias@uconn.edu
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3/10
ECOM Spotlight Series: Mitch Green
ECOM Spotlight Series: Mitch Green
Thursday, March 10th, 2022
02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Other Zoom
ECOM Spotlight Series will host Prof. Mitch Green from the Department of Philosophy. He will be talking on 'Verbal Signaling.'
Please contact aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu for the event link.Contact Information: aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu
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