Abstract: Participants exhibit the 'gambler's fallacy' in wug-test responses, adjusting their probability of a response based on previous responses. In particular, they avoid giving the same response three times in a row. This effect was strongest when two options were explicitly presented (a 2-alternative forced choice task), and weaker when participants were simply asked to...

Successful language development after cerebral hemispherectomy is a vital concern for the well-being of children affected by intractable seizure disorders. Yet, this area of research is underrepresented in the literature, with only a handful of neuroimaging studies devoted to the reorganization of language areas after hemispherectomy. The goal of this project is to provide clinicians...

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Subclausal quotation provides an interesting use case for the integration of intonation into the semantic analysis of an utterance. In this talk I will present the key intonational features of subclausal quotation based on a corpus study, as well as highlight ways in which quotation intonation expands our understanding of intonational theory. I will then...