Laura Sabourin, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

The bilingual language processor: A separate or shared system?
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$31,186
How the Complexities of Bilingual Language Use Impact Executive Functions: A Multi--Methodological Investigation
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$31,918
Eye tracking investigations of what adult bilinguals "notice" in the linguistic landscape
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$95,697

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

The bilingual language processor: A separate or shared system?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sabourin, Laura

Keywords: second language acquisition; sentence processing; bilingualism; manner of acquisition; grammatical gender; adverb processing

$31,186

How the Complexities of Bilingual Language Use Impact Executive Functions: A Multi--Methodological Investigation

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sabourin, Laura

Keywords: executive function; cognitive control; individual differences; bilingualism; code-switching; inhibition; conflict monitoring; cognitive flexibility; working memory; erps

$31,918

Eye tracking investigations of what adult bilinguals "notice" in the linguistic landscape

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Titone, Debra A.

Keywords: linguistic landscape; eye tracking; visual attention; psycholinguistics

$95,697

ERP bootcamp and psycholinguistics shorts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Sabourin, Laura

Keywords: event related brain potentials; psycholinguistics; electroencephalography; N400; P600; language processing; neurolinguistics

$12,000

The bilingual mental lexicon: the role of age of acquisition and proficiency

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sabourin, Laura

Keywords: second language acquisition; bilingualism; age of acquisition; proficiency; linguistics

$181,874

The bilingual mental lexicon: the role of age of acquisition and proficiency

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sabourin, Laura

Keywords: bilingual mental lexicon; lexical access; cross-language translation priming; masked priming; age of acquisition effects; L2 proficiency; simultaneous bilinguals

$24,682

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sabourin, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The bilingual language processor: A separate or shared system?" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]