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We are interested in how language ability develops from childhood to adulthood, how children understand, process, and learn language and how their language ability interacts with their development in other cognitive domains.
25/02/2023
METU Workshop on Conditional and Causal Reasoning is approaching. This is the end of Project Workshop for TÜBİTAK 1001 Project . Early registration is due on March 5.
To view more information on registration, please visit the following link: https://langcog.metu.edu.tr/en/registration
18/01/2023
We are thrilled to announce that METU Workshop on Conditional and Causal Reasoning (METU-WCCR) will take place on March 22-23, 2023 in Gökova - Muğla, Turkey.
Our invited speakers are Sabine Iatridou, Magdalena Kaufmann, Stefan Kaufmann, and Daniel Lassiter. We invite researchers working on the semantics and processing of conditional and causal structures.
Deadline for abstract submission: January 25, 2023. For more information, please visit our website at https://langcog.metu.edu.tr/en/general-information-abstract-submission
We are glad to announce that Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan from University of California, Berkeley is going to virtually visit our lab in the evening on April 12th, Tuesday and will present about polysemous words. For further details about exact time and link please contact us [email protected]
31/03/2022
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tilbe Göksun from Koç University will virtually visit our lab on April 6th and give a speech titled “Sources of Variation in Early Language Learning”. Please contact [email protected]
23/03/2022
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hande Ilgaz from Bilkent University will virtually visit our lab on March 30th and give a speech titled “More Than Words: Maternal Mental State Talk in Repeated Storytellings as a Form of Dynamic Scaffolding That Supports Social-Cognitive Development”. Please contact us [email protected]
For further details and the abstract of the speech, please visit our website: http://langcog.metu.edu.tr/en/announcement/metu-language-and-cognitive-development-lab-seminar-series-more-words-maternal-mental
12/03/2022
Zaman uçup gidiyor siz hala anketimize katılmadınız mı? 3-12 yaşlarında anadili Türkçe olan çocuğunuz varsa çalışmamıza davetlisiniz! Çocuklarda mecaz anlamın edinim yaşlarını incelediğimiz çalışmaya aşağıdaki link üzerinden ulaşabilirsiniz.
https://bit.ly/anketlcdl
05/01/2022
Asst. Prof. Dr. Aslı Aktan Erciyes from Kadir Has University is going to virtually visit our lab on January 12th and give a speech titled “Effects of L2-English on Causal Structures in L1-Turkish Frog Story Narratives of Children”. Please contact us [email protected].
For further details and the abstract of the speech, please visit our website: https://langcog.metu.edu.tr/en/announcement/metu-language-and-cognitive-development-lab-seminar-series-effects-l2-english-causal
27/10/2021
If you would like to join our reading groups, you can read the invitation below and send an email to [email protected] 🥳
18/10/2021
We had our first lab meeting of the year with a pot luck! It is nice to see the lab members in person after such a long break 🥳
Our lab has an open researcher position! We are looking for enthusiastic researchers interested in semantic and pragmatic processing. Please see the attached file and visit our website for additional details. Please spread the word!
02/09/2021
We are very happy to share the programme of our workshop! We look forward to seeing you on 7 September at 12:40 (GMT+3)
Zoom meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/97161737090?pwd=MjlRTFkyeDllU3J0N2hsMno2NFFrQT09
with Duygu Ozge and Hugh Rabagliati
We are excited to hear from Ianthi Maria Tsimpli, Alexandra Chen Özlem Yeter, Theodoros Marinis about cognitive development in disadvantaged children!
For more information visit: https://langcog.metu.edu.tr/en/workshop-programme
20/08/2021
2 days before submission deadline!
Submissions are welcome on:
https://langcog.metu.edu.tr/en/metu-international-workshop-language-and-cognition-under-represented-children
Organized by METU Language and Cognitive Development Laboratory & Hugh Rabagliati
Invited Speakers: Theo Marinis and Ianthi Maria Tsimpli
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