NU Language Dynamics Group
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How do language dynamics -- in processing, acquisition, or historical change -- relate to the structure of linguistic systems? Our group is interested in the interaction of social and cognitive factors in language, with a primary focus on language sound structure. Our experiments explore statistical learning, socio-stylistic adaptation, and phonetic reflexes of information structure in discourse. These experiments are complemented by a program of computational simulation, exploring how individual linguistic systems evolve in social networks through language use. (Meets Tuesdays @ 2:00 PM in Cresap 101).
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Janet B. Pierrehumbert, PI. Prosody and intonation, laboratory phonology, population-level models of phonetics and phonology.
Eduardo Altmann, NICO postdoctoral fellow (also with Adilson Motter). Statistical physics, dynamical systems, extreme events and patterns of recurrence.
Jordana Heller, Ph.D student, Linguistics. Speech processing, cognitive science.
Lisa Hesterberg, Ph.D student, Linguistics. Morphology, lexical borrowing, Arabic.
Kenneth Konopka, Ph.D candidate, Linguistics. Sociophonetics, Mexican-American English.
Louis Terry. Ph.D candidate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Audio-visual speech recognition.
Charlotte Vaughn, Ph.D student, Linguistics. Language variation. Socio-cognitive models.
Honglei Wang, Ph.D student, Linguistics. Research interests: Syntax, semantics, prosody.
Xiaoju Zheng, Ph.D student, Linguistics. Research interests: Speech production and perception, use of language on the internet.
Tech consultant Chun-Liang Chan; facilities, lab manual pages, help pages. Group News.
Delicious Bookmark Page.
Projects funded by: NICO. Motorola Center for Seamless Communication. Cognitive Science Program.
