Psycholinguistics workshop USC

Psycholinguistics workshop
Saturday, April 1, 2006

This schedule is subject to change. Please check back for updates.

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All talks will be held in the Hedco (HNB) auditorium.

9-9:30 Breakfast, registration

9:30-9:45 Introductory remarks

9:45-10:35 John Trueswell - Neural underpinnings of cognitive control: Implications for the development of ambiguity resolution abilities

10:35-11:25 Lyn Frazier - Ambiguity resolution and dynamic interpretation

11:25-11:45 Coffee

11:45-12:35 Maryellen MacDonald - The Production Basis of Ambiguity Comprehension

12:35-1:45 Lunch

1:45-2:35 Vic Ferreira - When, why, and how speakers do (and don't) avoid ambiguity

2:35-3:20 Coffee

3:20-4:10 Jim Magnuson - Bottom-up and top-down constraints and ambiguity

4:10-5:00 Janet Fodor - Disambiguation by Silent Prosody

5:00-5:15 Closing discussion

For further information, please contact Elsi Kaiser
USC Linguistics Department

9-9:30	Breakfast, registration
9:30-9:45	Introductory remarks
9:45-10:35	John Trueswell - Neural underpinnings of cognitive control: Implications for the development of ambiguity resolution abilities
10:35-11:25	Lyn Frazier - Ambiguity resolution and dynamic interpretation
11:25-11:45	Coffee
11:45-12:35	Maryellen MacDonald - The Production Basis of Ambiguity Comprehension
12:35-1:45	Lunch
1:45-2:35	Vic Ferreira - When, why, and how speakers do (and don't) avoid ambiguity
2:35-3:20	Coffee
3:20-4:10	Jim Magnuson - Bottom-up and top-down constraints and ambiguity
4:10-5:00	Janet Fodor - Disambiguation by Silent Prosody
5:00-5:15	Closing discussion