While significant progress has been made in understanding the underlying mechanisms that affect communication in various conditions, and in developing assessment and treatment strategies, progress is slower than it could be because of significant gaps in training of new communication scientists. The current training plan seeks to fill these gaps by;

Providing targeted training in the cognitive neuroscience of communication disorders
More meaningful connections between trainees and the clinical populations they study
By preparing this generation of trainees with the necessary set of professional tools to conduct and disseminate impactful research.

1/29 Linguistics Colloquium: Laura Kalin (Princeton)

Linguistics Colloquium: Laura Kalin (Princeton)

Friday, January 29th, 2021

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Online

Infixes really are (underlyingly) prefixes/suffixes: Evidence from allomorphy on the fine timing of infixation

Both allomorphy and infixation introduce complexity into morphological systems, in different ways: allomorphy involves a many-to-one correspondence between form and meaning/function, and infixation disrupts the linear integrity of forms. Both are found across the world’s languages, and have been the subject of much empirical inquiry and theorizing—on infixation, see e.g. Ultan 1975, Moravcsik 1977, 2000, Halle 2001, Yu 2007, Samuels 2009; on allomorphy, see e.g. Carstairs 1987, Paster 2006, Veselinova 2006, Mascaró 2007, Bobaljik 2012. These studies present a plethora of ideas about how, when, and why infixation and allomorphy take place, and they make (unstated) predictions about how the two phenomena should interact.

This talk presents the results of the first cross-linguistic study of allomorphy involving infixation, considering 51 case studies from 42 languages (15 language families). The two phenomena interact in consistent, systematic ways, with distinct sets of behaviors characterizing suppletive and non-suppletive allomorphy involving infixes. The robustness of these findings supports a universal architecture of the morphosyntax-phonology interface, specifically, the type of serial architecture proposed by Distributed Morphology and related approaches (Halle and Marantz 1993, 1994, Embick 2010, Bye and Svenonius 2012). The findings run counter to the predictions of fully parallel models (e.g., McCarthy and Prince 1993a,b, Prince and Smolensky 1993), those that allow the phonology to regulate suppletive allomorph choice (e.g., Mascaró 2007, Wolf 2008, Bermudez-Otero 2012), and those that take infixation to be “direct” (e.g., Inkelas 1990, Yu 2007, Wolf 2008).

Contact Information: Beccy Lewi (rebecca.lewis@uconn.edu)
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2/3 Luckey Family Studies Lecture Series, Cynthia Garcia Coll

Luckey Family Studies Lecture Series, Cynthia Garcia Coll

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Other
Virtual

Speaker: Cynthia Garcia Coll, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus and Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor Emerita, Brown University.

Her talk:
“Mechanisms behind racism and inequality: the impact of Covid-19 on BIPOC families and children

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 3:30 – 5:00 PM.

Link to VIRTUAL PRESENTATION via WebEx:

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=e252b2f4e585bd048bf6e95d91f2458a5

Contact Information: carla.gomez@uconn.edu
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2/12 Linguistics Colloquium: Jason Merchant (University Of Chicago)

Linguistics Colloquium: Jason Merchant (University Of Chicago)

Friday, February 12th, 2021

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Online

Jason Merchant is a Professor of Linguistics at The University of Chicago. He will be giving a talk entitled "Do roots or words lexically select? New and old puzzles."

Contact Information: Beccy Lewis (rebecca.lewis@uconn.edu)
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2/24 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Jill Silverman

Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Jill Silverman

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom Meeting

Dr. Jill Silverman from Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of University of California, Davis will be presenting her work.

Contact Information: Merrisa Lin, merrisa.lin@uconn.edu
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3/24 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Victor Ferreira

Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Victor Ferreira

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom Meeting

Dr. Victor Ferreira from Department of Psychology of UCSD will be presenting his work.

Contact Information: Shu Jiang, shu.2.jiang@uconn.edu
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4/14 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Sapna Cheryan

Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Sapna Cheryan

Wednesday, April 14th, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom Meeting

Dr. Sapna Cheryan from Psychology Department of University of Washington will be presenting her work.

Contact Information: Shu Jiang, shu.2.jiang@uconn.edu
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Communication–Connecticut: CNC-CT

Welcome new Fellows 2020-2022

Pre-doctoral Fellows:

Anne Marie Crinnion (mentor: Magnuson)
Hannah Thomas (mentor: Eigsti)

Post-doctoral Fellows:

Phoebe Gaston (mentor: Magnuson)
Siu Yin (Silvia) Clement-Lam (mentor: Hoeft)
Teresa Girolamo (May 2021; mentor: Eigsti)

Providing targeted training in the cognitive neuroscience of communication disorders

More meaningful connections between trainees and the clinical populations they study

By preparing this generation of trainees with the necessary set of professional tools to conduct and disseminate impactful research.

Coming to CNC-CT in 2021...Teresa Girolamo is a Ph.D. candidate in child language at the University of Kansas. Her research focuses on the language abilities of racial/ethnic minority young adults on the autism spectrum.

Congratulations to Silvia Clement-Lam and her husband on the birth of their beautiful baby, Idris

Congratulations to Anne Marie Crinnion for having a crossword puzzle accepted by the NYT along with a nice write-up in UConn Today

Courses

Upcoming Events

Welcome new Fellows 2020-2022

Pre-doctoral Fellows:

Anne Marie Crinnion (mentor: Magnuson) Hannah Thomas (mentor: Eigsti)

Post-doctoral Fellows:

Phoebe Gaston (mentor: Magnuson) Siu Yin (Silvia) Clement-Lam (mentor: Hoeft) Teresa Girolamo (May 2021; mentor: Eigsti)

Providing targeted training in the cognitive neuroscience of communication disorders

More meaningful connections between trainees and the clinical populations they study

By preparing this generation of trainees with the necessary set of professional tools to conduct and disseminate impactful research.

Coming to CNC-CT in 2021...Teresa Girolamo is a Ph.D. candidate in child language at the University of Kansas. Her research focuses on the language abilities of racial/ethnic minority young adults on the autism spectrum.

Congratulations to Silvia Clement-Lam and her husband on the birth of their beautiful baby, Idris

Congratulations to Anne Marie Crinnion for having a crossword puzzle accepted by the NYT along with a nice write-up in UConn Today

Courses

Upcoming Events

Anne Marie Crinnion (mentor: Magnuson)
Hannah Thomas (mentor: Eigsti)

Phoebe Gaston (mentor: Magnuson)
Siu Yin (Silvia) Clement-Lam (mentor: Hoeft)
Teresa Girolamo (May 2021; mentor: Eigsti)