I am interested in language in context. This means both how language processing is affected by non-linguistic parts of the mind/brain, and also how one level of linguistic representation and processing affects others. This has been cached out in several ways.
Prior to graduate school, I worked on the relationship between language and memory. I also tried to understand differences between verbal and non-verbal working memory (this work continues).
More recently, I have been trying to ascertain the relationship between social cognition and language processing. On certain popular theories, much of language interpretation requires thinking about what the speaker wants to communicate, suggesting a major role for non-lingustic social cognition. However, evidence for this is currently limited to a few restricted examples.
I have also been studying the relationship between conceptual representation and word acquisition.
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