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Helena Aparicio
Principal Investigator
My research focuses on understanding what aspects of linguistic meaning are hard-coded as opposed to derived during linguistic interactions. To answer this question, I combine insights from theoretical linguistics, and cognitive science more broadly, with experimental and computational methods.
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John R. Starr
John R. Starr is a PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics. He uses computational and experimental approaches to examine how phonologically-related phenomena influence on-line and off-line linguistic processing. His broad interests include: psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, phonological learning, and poetics.
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Nianpo Su
I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University. I work on syntax and semantics with a focus on East Asian languages. My dissertation investigates the structure and meaning of definite expressions in classifier languages with a definite determiner, using both theoretical and experimental methods. Before coming to Cornell, I received my B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature from Tsinghua University.
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Zander Lynch
I am a third-year PhD student in the Department of Linguistics. My current research interest is coordination in Goidelic languages past and present. I have previously worked on on questions about the processing of adjectives incrementally and how semantics affects adjective ordering. When I am not coding experiments I can be found learning dead languages including Hittite, Latin, and Luwian.
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Yifan Wu
I’m a second-year Ph.D. student in Linguistics at Cornell University, where I spend most of my time thinking about how we use and interpret language in real-time. My research interests include psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and semantics/pragmatics. Right now, I am particularly interested in questions revolving around imprecision, scalar inferences, and adaptation. I am also interested in applying computational methods to better understand incremental themes.
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Manxin Lan
I am an undergraduate student in Linguistics and Statistics. I am interested in linguistic relativity and spatiotemporal metaphors, and my broad interest includes psycholinguistic and using experimental methods to study languages.
Carissa Zheng
I am an undergraduate studying Linguistics and Computer Science. I am broadly interested in experimental pragmatics and computational linguistics.
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Emily Pecsok
I am a graduate student studying Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. I recently graduated from Cornell with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Linguistics. My research interests are in subjectivity, adaptation and vagueness.
Altria Wang
BA(junior) in cs, linguistics and stats. Interest: quantifier, pragmatics, computational linguistics.
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Xulián “Yumi” Romano
Curtis Chen