Preston Ruh, “Cognitive Control and Context Sensitivity in Scalar Implicature Derivation” Mentor: Glenn Starr, Linguistics, Letters & Science (College of) Poster #136 Scalar implicatures (SIs) with the quantifier some have been extensively researched to explore how pragmatic meanings are computed……. Read More
Charles Rojas, “Poverty of the Stimulus” Mentor: Jae Yung Song, Linguistics, Letters & Science (College of) Oral Presentation: 11:00am Union E260 Language learners, both children (L1) and adults (L2), internalize what is termed a “learner language”, i.e., an intermediate system…… Read More
Isabelle Bright and Meadow Conner, “Sensitivity to Quantifier Driven Focus Effects in Second Language” Mentor: Glenn Starr, Linguistics, Letters & Science (College of) Poster #106 In English, the sentences “A few/Few students attended the lecture” create different focus effects among…… Read More
Emma Henkhaus, Cassandra Rice and Shena Munden “Who Killed Philip Stedman Sparkman?” Mentor: Anne Pycha, Linguistics, Letters & Science (College of) Poster #184 Philip Sparkman was an Englishman who moved to America at 19 years old, eventually opening a grocery…… Read More