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I am interested in the structure (syntax and semantics) of human language, how these structures are processed in our brains, and how this is acquired. Current projects include the syntax and semantics of posture verbs, children’s acquisition of argument structure, children’s production of negative questions, scope assignment and children’s understanding of sentences with quantifiers.
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The acquisition of passives: view from subject experiencer verbs
Koring, L. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Aravind, A. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/10/21 → …
Project: Research
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Who’s participating? Figuring out the number of event participants
Koring, L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Xie, Z. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Aravind, A. (Associate Investigator)
1/01/21 → 1/10/22
Project: Research
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Unexpected Wide Scope Phenomena in Child Language
Koring, L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Crain, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Giblin, I. (Co-Investigator), Thornton, R. (Co-Investigator), Xie, Z. (Research Assistant) & Robinson, M. (Research Assistant)
1/10/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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The syntax and semantics of posture verbs
Koring, L. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Mulders, I. (Primary Chief Investigator)
3/12/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Conjunction in Child Language
Koring, L. (Co-Investigator), Hackl, M. (Primary Chief Investigator), Bill, C. (Co-Investigator), Chen, S. (Co-Investigator), Kobayashi, F. (Co-Investigator) & Rosenstein, L. (Research Coordinator)
1/10/19 → 2/12/22
Project: Research
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Experimental methods to study child language
Benders, T., Rattanasone, N. X., Thornton, R., Mulders, I. & Koring, L., 2024, The Routledge handbook of experimental linguistics. Zufferey, S. & Gygax, P. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor and Francis, p. 375-389 15 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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On realizing external arguments: a syntactic and implicature theory of the disjointness effect for passives in adult and child grammar
Koring, L., Reuland, E., Sangers, N. & Wexler, K., 26 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Linguistic Inquiry. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiencer troubles: a reappraisal of the predicate-based asymmetry in child passives
Aravind, A. & Koring, L., 2023, In: Language Acquisition. 30, 1, p. 76-100 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A good-enough representation is not good enough
Koring, L., 2020, Typical and impaired processing in morphosyntax. Torrens, V. (ed.). Amsterdam ; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 137-152 16 p. (Language acquisition and language disorders; vol. 64).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Comprehending and: the acquisition of English conjunction in child language
Chen, S., Kobayashi, F. H., Koring, L., Bill, C., Rosenstein, L. & Hackl, M., 2020, BUCLD 44: Proceedings of the 44th annual Boston University Conference of Language Development. Brown, M. M. & Kohut, A. (eds.). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, p. 91-104 14 p. (Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
Open Access
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Disjointness in Language Acquisition
Koring, L. (Invited speaker)
27 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences (Organisational unit)
Sarkies, M. (Member), Bright, F. (Member), De Luca, K. (Member), Ilhan, E. (Member), Nguyen, A. (Member), Austin, E. (Member), Carrigan, A. (Member), Seaman, K. (Member), Bladen, C. (Member), van Hummel, A. (Member), Baker, J. (Member), Ross, R. (Member), Genoud, S. (Member), Don, E. (Chair), Chitranshi, N. (Member), Hardie, R.-A. (Chair), Ronto, R. (Member), Sicouri, G. (Member), Williams, K. (Member), Owais, S. S. (Member), Guller, A. (Member), Newport, R. (Member), Junqueira Santiago, M. (Member), Gilchrist, P. (Member), Chen, J. (Member), Oar, E. (Member), Hogan, A. (Member), Wills, J. (Member), Yin, K. (Member), Hulst, G. (Member), Brown, B. (Member), Koring, L. (Member), Whillier, S. (Member), Gandy, M. (Member), Johnco, C. (Member), McLellan, L. (Member) & Swain, M. (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Comprehension of conjunction by English-speaking adults and children
Chen, S. (Speaker), Kobayashi, F. (Speaker), Koring, L. (Speaker), Bill, C. (Speaker), Rosenstein, L. (Speaker) & Hackl, M. (Speaker)
Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Children's subtle knowledge of verb classes
Koring, L. (Invited speaker)
4 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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