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Lydia White
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Latest papers
Pronoun Interpretation in the Second Language: Effects of Computational Complexity.
Frontiers in psychology · 2017
Latest funding
- $64,805
Prosodic effects in L2 grammars: Extending the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $153,375
Prosodic effects in L2 grammars: Extending the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $269,919
Phonological effects on grammatical representation and processing
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
1 publications.
Pronoun Interpretation in the Second Language: Effects of Computational Complexity.
Slabakova R, White L, Brambatti Guzzo N
Prosodic effects in L2 grammars: Extending the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
Principal investigators: Goad, Heather M.
Keywords: second language acquisition; phonology; prosody; morphology; syntax
Prosodic effects in L2 grammars: Extending the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
Principal investigators: Goad, Heather M.
Keywords: second language acquisition; phonology; prosody; morphology; syntax
Phonological effects on grammatical representation and processing
Principal investigators: Goad, Heather M.
Keywords: phonology; prosody; morphology; syntax; processing; information structure; second language acquisition; bilingualism
Second language acquisition at the phonology/syntax interface
Principal investigators: White, Lydia
Keywords: second language acquisition; morphosyntax; phonology
Interfaces in second language acquisition: accounting for the difficulties of second language learners
Principal investigators: White, Lydia
Keywords: second language acquisition; grammatical interfaces
Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America
Principal investigators: White, Lydia
Keywords: first language acquisition; second language acqusition; bilingual acquisition; impaired acquisition
Brain signatures of 'nativeness' in second language acquisition
Principal investigators: Steinhauer, Karsten
The role of features in L2 grammars: explaining discrepancies between syntax and morphology
Principal investigators: White, Lydia
Keywords: second language acquisition; syntax; morphology; universal grammar; functional categories; grammatical features
Phi Workshop
Principal investigators: White, Lydia
Keywords: phi-features; person; number; pronouns; agreement; syntax; semantics; morphology; interfaces; modularity
Cognitive and social processes in the formation of pidgin, creole and mixed languages, and in regular cases of second language acquisition
Principal investigators: Lefebvre, Claire
Keywords: cognitive processes; social processes; language genesis; mixed languages; pidgin and creole languages; L2 acquisition
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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