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Laurel wins dissertation support from NSF

June 14, 2018 Linguistics

PhD student Laurel Perkins, facing the camera with a determined expression, sitting at a table in heavy shadow, holding a cup of tea in front of her

Laurel Perkins has won NSF support for her dissertation project, "Behavioral and Computational Investigation of Transitivity in the Acquisition of Non-Basic Syntax," together with advisors Jeffrey Lidz and Naomi Feldman.

Congratulations to Laurel Perkins, who has won NSF support for her dissertation project, Behavioral and Computational Investigation of Transitivity in the Acquisition of Non-Basic Syntax, together with advisors Jeffrey Lidz and Naomi Feldman. Proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement awards "are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question."