Mireille Babineau, University of Toronto

Research

language word learning bilingualism source monitoring selective trust child development

Latest papers

There might be more to syntactic bootstrapping than being pragmatic: A look at grammatical person and prosody in naturalistic child-directed speech.
Journal of child language · 2023
When language-general and language-specific processes are in conflict: The case of sub-syllabic word segmentation in toddlers.
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies · 2023 · first author
Preverbal infants' sensitivity to grammatical dependencies.
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies · 2022 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

The role of source monitoring in bilingual lexical acquisition
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$21,903
The role of source monitoring in bilingual lexical acquisition
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$21,856

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

There might be more to syntactic bootstrapping than being pragmatic: A look at grammatical person and prosody in naturalistic child-directed speech.

Havron N, DE Carvalho A, Babineau M, Barbir M, Dautriche I, Christophe A

Journal of child language2023

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000923000181 PMID: 36891934

02

When language-general and language-specific processes are in conflict: The case of sub-syllabic word segmentation in toddlers.

Babineau M, Emond E, Shi R

Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies2023First author

DOI: 10.1111/infa.12510 PMID: 36240055

03

Preverbal infants' sensitivity to grammatical dependencies.

Babineau M, Christophe A

Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies2022First author

DOI: 10.1111/infa.12466 PMID: 35353438

The role of source monitoring in bilingual lexical acquisition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Babineau, Mireille

Keywords: language; word learning; bilingualism; source monitoring; selective trust; child development

$21,903

The role of source monitoring in bilingual lexical acquisition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Babineau, Mireille

Keywords: language; word learning; bilingualism; source monitoring; selective trust; child development

$21,856

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: language Dear Professor Babineau, 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]. I read your paper "There might be more to syntactic bootstrapping than being pragmatic: A look at grammatical person and prosody in naturalistic child-directed speech." (2023), and it 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 role of source monitoring in bilingual lexical acquisition" (2022), 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]