The Multilingual Syntax Lab at the University of Iowa is a collaborative research lab focused on cognitive and theoretical aspects of language acquisition and multilingualism. We employ various experimental methods and quantitative analyses to investigate language acquisition in adult multilinguals.
Our research addresses questions like:
How is the structure of language acquired?
How does meaning affect structure and what implications does this have for language acquisition?
How does the acquisition process differ in different types of multilingual speakers?
What cognitive mechanisms are employed in the process of language acquisition?
How do multiple languages interact in multilingual speakers and what factors contribute to this cross-linguistic influence?