Dr. Lean Luo, PhD

lean luo

Postdoctoral Scholar

Lean Luo is a new Postdoctoral scholar for the linguistics department working in Dr. Emily Morgan's lab. His specializations lie across child language acquisition and language processing, most recently with respect to lexical items and word order. 

Education and Degree(s)
  • PhD Tsinghua University, 2025
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Language Processing
  • Child Language Acquisition
Publications
  • Luo, L., Yang, X., Christie, S., & Shi, R. (2025). Mandarin-learning toddlers’ sensitivity to noun phrase word order: An investigation of an early bias for language universals. Journal of Child Language, 1–23.
  • Luo, L., Yang, X., Christie, S., & Shi, R. (2025). The grammatical root of learning bias: Evidence from Mandarin-learning toddlers’ early word order sensitivity. In A. Yedetore, D. Bonney, & Y. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 49th annual Boston University conference on language development (pp. 464–477). Cascadilla Press.