The primary aim of LDDRG is to give you an opportunity to have informal discussions of your own and other people’s ideas through presentations of works in progress or papers that you find interesting. The range of possible topics are related to psycholinguistics and we discuss syntax and its interface with morphology, phonology, semantics and pragmatics, with reference to first/child and second language acquisition, bilingualism and language disorders (atypical L1 development, speech pathology).
There are basically four main kinds of meetings: 1) presentation of a paper published in a scientific journal; 2) presentation of one’s own work (in progress or completed); 3) a tutorial-like meeting where the persons in charge informs of experimental techniques, findings of research projects related to the LanDevLab and the Phonetics Lab, and 4) brainstorming sessions: the persons in charge provide a topic and the necessary background, the point being to generate some ideas about what one can do about the topic.
In the current year the LDD Reading Group will focus on "Aspect, Tense, Mood and Modality". Group members can present work in progress or research proposals, and/or give practice talks for conferences, or lead discussion based on a relevant paper. Our reading group meetings for the academic year 2024-25 commence in November 2024 and will be held online (via Zoom).
Meetings and changes in the schedule are announced here and by email to interested people. If you want to receive the email announcements, want to be in charge of a meeting, or have any other comments about the Language Development and Disorders Reading Group, email Maria Dimitrakopoulou.
Click here for the previous Group meetings.
