Dr. Syrett gives invited talk at the University of Reading in England
Dr. Syrett delivering her talk, Evaluating truth and speaker knowledge when statements aren’t entirely true: Experimental evidence from children and adults
Lab News
XPrag 7 and SuB 22
Dr. Kristen Syrett and her coauthors Corien Bary, Daniel Altshuler, and Peter de Swart presented a poster entitled, “Factors licensing embedded present tense in speech reports,” at the 7thBiennial Experimental … Read More
2017 Undergraduate Celebration
Anna Goldin, Maggy Fread, Kim Boscodoss, Dr. Kristen Syrett, Rachel Gambacorta, Laura Simon-Pearson pose for a group picture at the annual Linguistics Department undergraduate celebration. Both Rachel and Laura received … Read More
Laura defended her senior honors thesis
Laura Simon-Pearson has successfully defended her senior honors thesis advised by Kristen, entitled, “Assessing truth and knowledge: How children differ from adults in assessment of truth values and speaker knowledge.” … Read More
Anna defends her senior honors thesis
Anna Goldin has successfully defended her senior honors thesis advised by Kristen, entitled, “I suppose that I presuppose: An experimental investigation of factors affecting presupposition projection.” Anna earned High Honors … Read More
2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium
Rachel Gambacorta, Maggy Fread, Dr. Kristen Syrett, Anna Goldin, Kim Boscodoss pose in front of their poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Maggy Fread and Rachel Gambacorta present research at the … Read More
Dr. Syrett gives invited talk at Washington University in St. Louis
Learning from children’s setbacks and successes with quantification
Dr. Syrett receives Presidential Fellowship
Dr. Kristen Syrett has been awarded a prestigious Rutgers University Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.
LSA 91
Vera Gor presented some of her dissertation research advised by Dr. Kristen Syrett at the 91stAnnual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Austin, TX, in January. Their talk … Read More
Dr. Syrett gives invited talk at the New York University Philosophy of Language Workshop
An experimental investigation of nominal gradability: Parts and wholes