The Language Development Laboratory

PI: Ianthi Tsimpli Research
Associate: Μ. Mastropavlou (University of Ioannina)
Post-Doctorate Researchers: Ε. Fleva, G. Fotiadou
External Collaborator: Ε. Peristeri
PhD Researcher: Μ. Katsiperi
September 2012 – August 2015
Budget: 386.000€
Project Code: 87566

AIM

• The study examines the effect of language and cognitive factors in individual profiles on anaphora resolution measured through on-line self-paced listening and eye-movements.
• Language: Lexical and sentence processing measures
• Cognition: Memory (Long-term, WM, episodic, non-verbal WM), Inhibition & Switching
   

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• What is the effect of complexity in resolving anaphora?
• What is the effect of domain-general factors, such as memory, age and linguistic experience on adult performance in resolving anaphora?
• Will there be an interaction of linguistic and non-linguistic factors in such a way that different groups (e.g. high-WM vs. low-WM) will be differentially affected by linguistic complexity?
   

THE CONTRIBUTION

• It consists the first interdisciplinary systematic effort to examine a linguistic phenomenon, i.e. anaphora resolution & to correlate it with detailed measures of cognitive abilities
• Impact:
  • Cognitive and linguistic changes in healthy ageing
  • Language and cognitive effects on language processing at the interface
  • Enhancement of cognitive abilities and cognitive control

CONFERENCES

"Pronominal resolution and aging: the role of cognitive control and language experience", Fotiadou, G., Tsimpli, I., Fleva, E & Katsiperi, M. 12th International Conference on Greek Linguistics. Freie Universität Berlin: Germany (September 16 – 19, 2015)

“Pronoun type & ambiguity: Evidence from eye-tracking” Fotiadou, G., Tsimpli, I., Katsiperi, M., Peristeri, E.Fleva, E. Workshop on Linguistic & Cognitive Effects In Anaphora Resolution, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Greece (May 15-16, 2015)

“On the interaction of age, cognitive abilities, print exposure and pronoun type in anaphora resolution” Tsimpli, I., Fotiadou, G., Fleva, E., Katsiperi, M., Peristeri, E. Workshop on Linguistic & Cognitive Effects In Anaphora Resolution, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Greece (May 15-16, 2015)

“Revisiting lexical processing: Evidence from Greek-speaking adults”. Katsiperi M. & Fleva, E. 22th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Greece (April 24-26, 2015)

“The local-global dimension in cognitive control after left lateral prefrontal cortex damage: Evidence from the non-verbal domain”. Peristeri, E., Fotiadou, G., Tsimpli, I.M. & Tsapkini, K. 22th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Greece (April 24-26, 2015)

“The Effect of print exposure upon performance” Fleva, E., Tsimpli, I.M., Fotiadou, G., Katsiperi, M. 22th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Greece (April 24-26, 2015)

“Anaphora resolution in healthy bilingual ageing: evidence from the visual world paradigm”, Katsiperi, M., Fotiadou, G., Fleva, E., Tsimpli, I.M., Bilingualism and Cognitive Aging 2015, University of Groningen: the Netherlands (28-30 January, 2015)

“Print exposure and memory effects on pronominal resolution”, Fleva E., Fotiadou G., Katsiperi M., Peristeri E., Mastropavlou M., Tsimpli I.M., Experimental Psycholinguistic Conference (ERP), Madrid: Spain (October 1-3, 2014)

“The Role of definiteness in Anaphora Resolution”, Mastropavlou M., Katsiperi M., Fotiadou G., Fleva E., Peristeri E., Tsimpli I.M., Experimental Psycholinguistic Conference (ERP), Madrid: Spain (October 1-3, 2014)

“Ambiguous pronoun resolution in HFA & SLI and its relation to working memory”, Peristeri E., Fleva E., Fotiadou G., Katsiperi M., Kaltsa M., Tsimpli I.M, 5th International Conference on Language Disorders in Greek (LDG5), Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol: Cyprus (May 30-31, 2014)

“Print Exposure On Lexical Processing Among Greek Adults”, Fleva E., Fotiadou G., Katsiperi M., Tsimpli I.M., Annual Meeting of Greek Linguistics (AMGL) 35, Thessaloniki: Greece (May 2014)

“Factors affecting ambiguous pronoun resolution among Greek-speaking children”, Katsiperi M.& Tsimpli I.M., Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research X 2014 (EMLAR X), Utrecht University, Utrecht: Netherlands (April 14-16, 2014)

“Exploring The Effects Of Print Exposure On Lexical Processing Among Greek Adults”, Fotiadou G., Fleva E., Katsiperi M., Tsimpli I.M., International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT2014), Porto: Portugal (April 4-6, 2014)

“Ambiguous pronoun resolution in children with high functioning autism and specific language impairment”, Peristeri E., Fotiadou G., Mastropavlou M., Fleva E., Katsiperi M., Tsimpli I.M., Conference “Pronouns in Development”, Trondheim: Norway (March, 2014) 

PUBLICATIONS

Fotiadou G., Fleva E., Katsiperi M., Tsimpli I.M., (2014) Exploring The Effects Of Print Exposure On Lexical Processing Among Greek Adults. In: Pracana, C. (ed) Proceedings of InPACT (International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends), pp. 310-313. See here.

Fotiadou G., Fleva E., Katsiperi M.& Tsimpli I.M (2015) Psycholinguistic Measures of written language: print exposure and lexical processing [Ψυχογλωσσολογικές μετρήσεις του γραπτού λόγου: επίπεδα εξοικείωσης και λεξική αναγνώριση]. In: Papanastasiou, G., Koutsogiannis, D. & M. Theodoropoulou (eds) Studies in Greek Linguistics 35, pp. 566-578. See here.

Fleva E., Fotiadou G., Katsiperi M., Peristeri, E., Mastropavlou, M., Tsimpli I.M., (in press) Language experience and memory effects in anaphora resolution in Greek. In: Torrens, V., Escobar, L., and V. Marrero (eds) New Trends in Experimental Psycholinguistics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

JOURNALS

Fleva E., Fotiadou G., Katsiperi M., Tsimpli I.M., (submitted) Measures of print exposure for Greek adults