List of language acquisition researchers
Encyclopedia
Below are some notable researchers in language acquisition
listed by intellectual orientation and research topic.
Nativists
Empiricists
Generative Language Acquisition
Second language acquisition researchers
Language acquisition
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce and use words to understand and communicate. This capacity involves the picking up of diverse capacities including syntax, phonetics, and an extensive vocabulary. This language might be vocal as with...
listed by intellectual orientation and research topic.
Nativists
- Noam ChomskyNoam ChomskyAvram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
- Eric LennebergEric LennebergEric Heinz Lenneberg was a linguist and neurologist who pioneered ideas on language acquisition and cognitive psychology, particularly in terms of the concept of innateness....
- Steven PinkerSteven PinkerSteven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and popular science author...
- Stephen CrainStephen CrainStephen Crain is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Deputy Director of the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science at Macquarie University. He is a well-known researcher specializing in language acquisition, focusing specifically on syntax and semantics...
- Thomas BeverThomas BeverThomas G. Bever is a Regent's Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Language, Reading and Culture and Neuroscience at the University of Arizona. He specializes in language acquisition, focusing on the cognitive and neurological sources...
- Susan GelmanSusan GelmanSusan Gelman is a Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the topics of cognitive development, language acquisition, categorization, inductive reasoning, causal reasoning, and relationships between language and thought...
- Susan CareySusan CareySusan E. Carey is an American psychologist. She is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. She is an expert in language acquisition and is known for introducing the concept of fast mapping, whereby children learn the meanings of words after a single exposure. Carey received a B.A. from...
- Elizabeth SpelkeElizabeth SpelkeElizabeth Shilin Spelke is an American cognitive psychologist at the Department of Psychology of Harvard University and director of the Laboratory for Developmental Studies....
- Lila R. GleitmanLila R. GleitmanLila Gleitman is a Professor Emerita of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an internationally-renowned expert on language acquisition and developmental psycholinguistics, focusing on children's learning of their first language. Gleitman received a B.A. in...
- Sonja Eisenbeiss
Empiricists
- Elizabeth BatesElizabeth BatesElizabeth Bates was a Professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego...
- Michael TomaselloMichael TomaselloMichael Tomasello is an American developmentalpsychologist. He is a co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.-Life:...
- Brian MacWhinneyBrian MacWhinneyBrian James MacWhinney is a Professor of Psychology and Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. He specializes in first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and the neurological bases of language, and he has written and edited several books and over 100 peer-reviewed...
- Elissa L. NewportElissa L. NewportElissa L. Newport is George Eastman Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics at the University of Rochester. She specializes in language acquisition and developmental psycholinguistics, focusing on the relationship between language development and language...
- Linda B. SmithLinda B. SmithLinda B. Smith is a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. Smith earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania....
- Jenny SaffranJenny SaffranJenny Saffran is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She specializes in language acquisition and early cognitive development, and she also conducts research on music cognition. Saffran views language acquisition as based on general cognitive processes such as...
- Elena LievenElena LievenElena Lieven is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig...
- Dan SlobinDan SlobinDaniel Isaac Slobin is a Professor Emeritus of psychology and linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Slobin has made major contributions to the study of children's language acquisition, and his work has demonstrated the importance of cross-linguistic comparison for the study of...
- Michael Ramscar
Generative Language Acquisition
- Roumyana Slabakova
- Lydia WhiteLydia WhiteLydia White is a researcher and educator in the area of second language acquisition . She is James McGill Professor of Linguistics and currently Chair of the Department of Linguistics at McGill University....
- Antonella Sorace
- Jason Rothman
- Ianthi Maria Tsimpli
- Elena Gavruseva
- Bonnie Schwartz
- Belma Haznedar
Second language acquisition researchers
- Stephen KrashenStephen KrashenStephen Krashen is professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, who moved from the linguistics department to the faculty of the School of Education in 1994. He is a linguist, educational researcher, and activist.-Work:...
- Richard Schmidt
- Teresa PicaTeresa P. PicaTeresa P. Pica , also known as Tere Pica, was Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, a post she held from 1983 until her death in 2011. Her areas of expertise included second language acquisition, language curriculum design, approaches to classroom...
- Richard Young
- Catherine Doughty
- Susan Gass
- Alison Mackey
- Rod EllisRod EllisProfessor Rod Ellis is the deputy head of the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In addition, he is a Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor at Shanghai International Studies University , and also a TESOL Professor and Chair of the...
- Bill VanPattenBill VanPattenBill VanPatten is a Professor in Second Language Acquisition at Texas Tech University. He specializes in second language acquisition, which he investigates on both theoretical and practical levels, using techniques from psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, and cognitive psychology...
- Judith F. KrollJudith F. KrollJudith F. Kroll is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She specializes in psycholinguistics, focusing on second language acquisition and bilingual language processing.-External links:**...
- François GrosjeanFrancois GrosjeanFrançois Grosjean is a Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Language and Speech Processing Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel . His specialty is psycholinguistics and his domains of interest are the perception, comprehension and production of language, be it speech or sign language,...
- Nick EllisNick EllisNick Ellis is a Professor of Psychology and a Research Scientist at the English Language Institute of the University of Michigan. Ellis conducts research on several topics relating to second language acquisition, including the connection between explicit and implicit learning, reading, vocabulary...
- Jyotsna VaidJyotsna VaidJyotsna Vaid is a Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University and an adjunct professor of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin...
- Fred GeneseeFred GeneseeFred Genesee is a Professor of psychology at McGill University. He specializes in second language acquisition and bilingualism research. In particular, his research examines the early stages of the acquisition of two languages in order to better understand this form of language acquisition and...
- Lydia WhiteLydia WhiteLydia White is a researcher and educator in the area of second language acquisition . She is James McGill Professor of Linguistics and currently Chair of the Department of Linguistics at McGill University....
- Paul PimsleurPaul PimsleurPaul Pimsleur was a scholar in the field of applied linguistics.Pimsleur grew up in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree at the City College of New York and a Ph.D...
- Elaine Tarone
- Merrill Swain
- Roy Lyster
- Patsy Lightbown
- John Bissell CarrollJohn Bissell CarrollJohn Bissell Carroll was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, educational linguistics and psychometrics.- Early years :...