Research

Research happening at UC Davis Linguistics

The Corina Lab

David Corina's work at the Center for Mind and Brain

Idea density and Alzheimer’s disease

A multidisciplinary project focused on expanding diagnostic tools for Alzheimer's Disease, with emphasis on linguistic correlates of the disease's progression.

The structure and history of Black ASL

A joint project with researchers at Gallaudet with funding from NSF

Criterial features in learner corpora

Large-scale quantitative corpus research on interlanguage development

Making standardized testing accessible

Making standardized testing more accessible for students with disabilities

ESL and EFL in California and Chile

Linguistic and Cultural Identities of English Language Teachers in Chile and California

Typology and universals

John A. Hawkins' work tying language universals to psycholinguistic principles

Indian English: structure, ideologies and change

Vineeta Chand's ongoing project to document the nature and status of Indian English.

Guiding preservice teachers to develop critical awareness in second language acquisition

 

Multilingual writers write multilingualism

A study of students' attitudes towards multilingualism