Four undergraduate students from Prof. Karin Stromswold’s Language Acquisition and Processing lab recently traveled to Boston Massachusetts to present their research at the Eastern Psychological Association conference. These young scholars have been conducting research which shows that very early language exposure subtly influences the way adults say and understand different aspects of English including pronouns (Serena Cheenath), wh-questions (Camila Daboin), phrase boundary prosody (Olivia Freudman), and passive sentences (Sourish Vankadari).
Title of talks:
Cheenath, S., Vankadari, S., Knutsen, S., & Stromswold, K. 2026. When Your Second Language Is Your Best Language: Pronoun Comprehension and Production. Eastern Psychological Association. February 28, 2026
Daboin, C., Lutken, CJ., & Stromswold. 2026. How do Native English and Early ESL Speakers Interpret Ambiguous Questions. Eastern Psychological Association. February 28, 2026
Freudman, O., Avagyan, G., Sohn, S., Knutsen, S., & Stromswold, K (2026). Comprehension and Production of Phrase Boundaries: The Impact of Age of Acquisition. Eastern Psychological Association. February 28, 2026
Vankadari, S., Cheenath, S., Knutsen, S., Sohn, S., & Stromswold, K. (2026). Early Acoustic Cues in Active and Passive Sentences based on Language Exposure. Eastern Psychological Association. February 28, 2026
