Dr. Syrett presented a poster and a talk during an afternoon symposium at BUCLD 50. While there, she reunited with collaborators including Meg Gotowski (RU PhD alum), Shuyan Wang (LDLS post-doc), and Tomoe Arii (previous student from U. of Tokyo), See below!
Her poster with Misha Becker was entitled, “The linguistic distribution of adjectives calls attention to variable object properties: The case of acquiring adjectives of emotion v. color, shape, and size.”
Her talk “What ‘easy’ words reveals about the complexities of concepts, semantics, and pragmatics: A look back on what we’ve learned about the acquisition of count nouns through the lens of partial objects” was part of the Sunday symposium, “Semantics, cognition and development: Retrospective, prospective.”
Kristen Syrett and Misha Becker at BUCLD50
Meg Gotowski and Kristen Syrett at BUCLD50
Kristen Syrett and Shuyan Wang at BUCLD50
Kristen Syrett and Tomoe Arii at BUCLD50