Events

Date & Time: 4pm – 5pm each Wednesday from February 23rd through April 6th   Deadline to Apply: 11:59 pm ET Sunday, February 13th   The Social and Behavioral Initiative (SBSI) supports interdisciplinary research in the social and behavioral sciences. Each semester, SBSI supports undergraduate students who are interested in research through the Research Assistant […]

Zhenghan Qi Bouvé College of Health Sciences Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Northeastern University   Addressing individual differences in language learning: contribution of statistical learning, social cognition, and prediction   Language, shaping how we communicate, is an essential skill acquired early in typical development. Yet, striking heterogeneity in the developmental trajectories of language and […]

ILST Seminar: Andrea Beltrama

February 11, 2022
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Andrea Beltrama MindCORE Postdoctoral Fellow   via Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97106379648   Navigating imprecision: From semantic composition to socio-pragmatic reasoning   Speakers often describe facts imprecisely — e.g., by reporting the time as “3 o’clock” when it’s actually 2:57. This behavior introduces an element of indeterminacy in communication, presenting a challenge to theories of meaning. Relying on […]