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40-49
Gemma Boleda
Gemma Boleda
Gemma Boleda is an ICREA Research Professor in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, where she heads the Computational Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (COLT) research group. She previously held post-doctoral positions at the Department of Linguistics of The University of Texas at Austin, USA, and the CIMEC Center […]
Gemma Boleda is an ICREA Research Professor in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, where she heads the Computational Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (COLT) research group. She previously held post-doctoral positions at the Department of Linguistics of The University of Texas at Austin, USA, and the CIMEC Center for Brain/Mind Sciences of the University of Trento, Italy. In her research, currently funded by an ERC Starting Grant, Dr. Boleda uses quantitative and computational methods to better understand how natural languages convey meaning. She is a member of the standing review committee of the TACL journal. She acted as area co-chair of ACL 2016, program co-chair of *SEM 2015, and local co-chair of ESSLLI 2015, and was an elected Information Officer of the SIGSEM Board 2013-2020.
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Gerardo Ortega
Gerardo Ortega
I am a psycholinguist interested in the acquisition and emergence of language from a multimodal perspective. My research has mainly focused on sign language acquisition by hearing adults and deaf children. I also explore language development in speech and gesture in hearing children across different cultures. I have carried out studies exploring the role of […]
I am a psycholinguist interested in the acquisition and emergence of language from a multimodal perspective. My research has mainly focused on sign language acquisition by hearing adults and deaf children. I also explore language development in speech and gesture in hearing children across different cultures. I have carried out studies exploring the role of gesture and iconicity in sign language emergence and evolution.
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Inbal Arnon
Inbal Arnon
Prof. Arnon is a linguist and developmental psycholinguist. Her main interests are first language acquisition, learning theory, psycholinguistics, and the way cognitive biases impact language emergence and structure. Her research lies at the intersection of Linguistics, Psychology, and Cognitive Science and uses a variety of experimental methods to explore how language is learned and how […]
Prof. Arnon is a linguist and developmental psycholinguist. Her main interests are first language acquisition, learning theory, psycholinguistics, and the way cognitive biases impact language emergence and structure. Her research lies at the intersection of Linguistics, Psychology, and Cognitive Science and uses a variety of experimental methods to explore how language is learned and how learning changes as a function of prior knowledge and experience.
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Michelle Sheehan
Michelle Sheehan
Michelle Sheehan specialises in comparative syntax and syntactic theory but also has interests in the syntax/semantic interface, the philosophy of langauge and the use of linguistics in language teaching.
Michelle Sheehan specialises in comparative syntax and syntactic theory but also has interests in the syntax/semantic interface, the philosophy of langauge and the use of linguistics in language teaching.
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Navin Viswanathan
Navin Viswanathan
Associate Professor & Professor in Charge of the Undergraduate Program Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders & Program in Linguistics, The Center for Language Sciences The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Education Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2009
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2009
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Nivedita Mani
Nivedita Mani
Nivi Mani is Professor for Psychology of Language at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Goettingen. Her research examines the mechanisms underlying young children’s acquisition and processing of words with particular emphasis on what the child brings to the table in language acquisition.
Nivi Mani is Professor for Psychology of Language at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Goettingen. Her research examines the mechanisms underlying young children’s acquisition and processing of words with particular emphasis on what the child brings to the table in language acquisition.
