Syntax shaped by cognition: transforming theories of syntactic systems through laboratory experiments

Culbertson, Jennifer (Principal Investigator)

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Project Details

Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/02/18 → 31/01/24

Funding

EU government bodies: £1,087,923.00

3 Article
2 Conference contribution

Cross-linguistic patterns of morpheme order reflect cognitive biases: An experimental study of case and number morphology
Saldana, C., Oseki, Y. & Culbertson, J., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 118, 104204.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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From the world to word order: Deriving biases in noun phrase order from statistical properties of the world
Culbertson, J., Schouwstra, M. & Kirby, S., Sep 2020, In: Language. 96, 3, p. 696-717
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Children's sensitivity to phonological and semantic cues during noun class learning: Evidence for a phonological bias
Culbertson, J., Jarvinen, H., Haggarty, F. & Smith, K., Jun 2019, In: Language. 95, 2, p. 268-293
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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9 Invited talk
1 Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition

Person of interest: learnability and naturalness of person systems
Jennifer Culbertson (Invited speaker) & Mora Maldonado (Invited speaker)
5 Jul 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The role of input, intake and learning biases in the acquisition of (morpho-) syntax
Jennifer Culbertson (Invited speaker)
7 May 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The interaction between simplicity and naturalness in nominal word order typology
Jennifer Culbertson (Invited speaker)
25 Apr 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk