New publication!
Dr. Syrett and two former students (Joy Lu, a former undergraduate honors thesis student, and Kyle Parrish, a former graduate student from Spanish & Portuguese) have published a paper stemming … Read More
Kristen Syrett
More syntactic bootstrapping of adjectives in press!
Dr. Syrett and her former graduate student Meg Gotowski (previously a post-doc at MIT, and a visiting Professor at Pomona College, now a visiting professor at William & Mary) have … Read More
LDLS at ELM!
Dr. Syrett presented a paper “Syntactic structure supports the acquisition of emotion and mental state adjectives” with her collaborator Dr. Misha Becker (UNC, Chapel Hill) and a poster “Using bounds … Read More
Convocation 2024!
Congratulations to our graduating seniors! Dr. Syrett and Hanna Murphy at the Honors College Convocation
Paper accepted!
Dr. Kristen Syrett and her collaborator Dr. Misha Becker (UNC) have published the first paper from their ongoing research program on the acquisition of emotion and mental state adjectives. Their … Read More
Hanna defends her thesis!
Hanna Murphy successfully defended her honors thesis, “Linguistic support for the acquisition of emotion adjectives.” Her thesis and her defense earned her highest honors and the department award for Research … Read More
Meg Gotowski gets hooded!
Meg Gotowski returned to Rutgers in May 2023 to get hooded at the School of Graduate Studies Convocation. Congratulations, Dr. Gotowski!
Honors thesis defense!
Dr. Syrett, Alison English, and Dr. Alrenga pose for a picture after Alison successfully defended her senior honors thesis. Alison handmade tiny wug dolls for Drs. Syrett and Alrenga!
Prospective Student Open House 2023
Maddie and Deshik represented Rutgers Linguistics and LDLS at the Prospective Student Open House in April 2023.
LDLS seniors celebrate
The LDLS seniors and Dr. Syrett pose for a picture at the Annual Undergraduate Linguistics Celebration in April 2023. We’re so proud of our graduating seniors, and we wish them … Read More