Maryland and experimental syntax
August 05, 2023
Oxford handbook features 10 chapters from 12 Terps.
Now out, the Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax, edited by 2007 alum Jon Sprouse, features ten chapters from twelve current and past members of our department: PhD alumni Diogo Almeida *09 (NYU Abu Dhabi), Brian Dillon *11 (UMass Amherst), Tim Hunter *10 (UCLA), Dave Kush *13 (Toronto), Lisa Pearl *07 (UC Irvine), Laurel Perkins *19 (UCLA), Jon Sprouse *07 (NYU Abu Dhabi), Matt Wagers *08 (UC Santa Cruz), Masaya Yoshida *06 (Northwestern); 2014-16 postdoc William Matchin; and faculty Jeff Lidz and Masha Polinsky. Their contributions are listed below. The contributors joined to compose the final chapter of the volume, on "The future of experimental syntax."
- Acceptability judgments, Jon Sprouse
- Experimental syntax and linguistic fieldwork, Maria Polinsky
- Behavioral acquisition methods with infants, Laurel Perkins and Jeffrey Lidz
- Modeling syntactic acquisition, Lisa S. Pearl
- Self-paced reading, Masaya Yoshida
- Eye-tracking and experimental syntax, Dave Kush and Brian Dillon
- Formal methods in experimental syntax, Tim Hunter
- Language processing experiments in the field, Matthew Wagers and Sandra Chung
- Electrophysiological methods, Jon Sprouse and Diogo Almeida
- Aphasia and syntax, William Matchin and Corianne Rogalsky