I direct the Child Language Lab @ NYU [click here for website]. We investigate child language using corpus-based and experimental methods, focusing on toddlers, preschool and early school age children (approximately 2-9 years old). Our research primarily addresses morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic development, and also investigates the role of learners in language change phenomena.
Visit the lab website for more information on projects, people, and participation (& cute pictures!). We do in-lab, off-site, ChildrenHelpingScience/LookIt (link) and online (via Zoom) studies.
Child colouring in a brain diagram at the Language Science Fair at Carousel of Languages, May 2022.
Members of the CLL at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Oct. 2019 (credit: Sarah Phillips)
Dr. Ailís Cournane lecturing about “Language in the Developing Brain” to caregivers at Carousel of Languages (Language Science Fair, May 2022)