Heather E. Simpson

Ph.D.
2016
heathersimpson22@gmail.com

Specialization: 

Dissertation: The role of intonation units in memory for spoken English

Education: 

2006 B.A., Linguistics, Bryn Mawr College

Bio: 

My research interests are focused on topics at the intersection of language and cognition, such as memory, categorization, speech perception, and first and second language acquisition. 

Organizations

  • co-organizer of CLaW (Cognition and Language Workshop) 2012 and 2013
  • co-founder of SCUL (Studying the Cognitive Underpinnings of Language) research group on language and cognition

Projects: 

  • cross-linguistic speech perception of Japanese and Korean fricatives
  • corpus linguistic study of adjective order in Korean 
  • phonological description of Hiligaynon