Acquisition Lab - Matthew and Will / Civet

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Acquisition Lab - Matthew and Will / Civet

Linguistics Friday, November 20, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Marie Mount Hall, 1108B

Friday November 20, Will Zumchak and Matthew Shi lead the Acquisition Lab with discussion of their joint work with alum Tyler Knowlton *21 (Barnard), on the question of when young humans understand that, if a basic transitive clause describes an action, the actor is named by its subject and not its object.

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Friday November 20, Will Zumchak and Matthew Shi lead the Acquisition Lab with discussion of their joint work with alum Tyler Knowlton *21 (Barnard), on the question of when young humans understand that, if a basic transitive clause describes an action, the actor is named by its subject and not its object.

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