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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9/20
Morphology Reading Group
Morphology Reading Group
Friday, September 20th, 2019
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Storrs Campus T113
The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.
9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne PiggottContact Information: Paula Fenger
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9/20
Cognitive Science Colloquium: Marjorie Solomon
Cognitive Science Colloquium: Marjorie Solomon
Friday, September 20th, 2019
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus Oak Hall 117
The Cognitive Science Colloquium Series is proud to present Marjorie Solomon, Professor and the Oates Family Endowed Chair in Lifespan Development in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the MIND Institute at UC Davis
Dr. Solomon will provide a talk entitled "Executive Control in Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms"
Abstract: Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit executive control deficits, meaning that they fail to maintain appropriate task context representations so they can inhibit impulsive responding, behave flexibly, and thereby effectively pursue their goals. Although individuals with typical development are thought to experience significant maturation of executive control processes during adolescence, those with ASD are thought to exhibit executive control impairments that persist into adolescence and young adulthood and are associated with clinically significant difficulties in social and adaptive functioning, and attention deficit, internalizing, and ASD symptoms. Given the challenges inherent in the transition to adulthood, it is critical to better understand the precise nature and development of executive control deficits in those with ASD, and their associations with behavior. This talk will briefly review behavioral and neuroimaging studies of executive control in ASD, and present new neuropsychological and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) results from the first wave of a large longitudinal cohort sequential study of individuals with ASD and typical development ages 12-22 years. We seek to clarify the neural signatures of executive control deficits in those with ASD and to investigate how the development of executive control impacts the transition to adulthood in these individuals.
If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Solomon during the day, and/or coming to dinner Friday night, please contact Dr. Naigles: letitia.naigles@uconn.eduContact Information: letitia.naigles@uconn.edu
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9/27
Morphology Reading Group
Morphology Reading Group
Friday, September 27th, 2019
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Storrs Campus T113
The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.
9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne PiggottContact Information: Paula Fenger
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10/4
Morphology Reading Group
Morphology Reading Group
Friday, October 4th, 2019
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Storrs Campus T113
The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.
9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne PiggottContact Information: Paula Fenger
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10/11
Morphology Reading Group
Morphology Reading Group
Friday, October 11th, 2019
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Storrs Campus T113
The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.
9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne PiggottContact Information: Paula Fenger
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Recent Posts
- August 2018 Update August 22, 2018
- Sign Language Acquisition – ASL text NOW AVAILABLE! June 18, 2018
- Sabbatical in the Netherlands January 26, 2018
- GALA and other presentations September 19, 2017
- Classes have started! August 29, 2017