Liberal Arts and Sciences
Corpus Linguistics Laboratory
Led by Stefanie Wulff · Linguistics
What we study
The Corpus Linguistics Lab, headed by Dr. Wulff, studies language using corpora (large digital collections of written and spoken language) with tools such as AntConc and R, on topics such as second language acquisition and language processing.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 4
Recent papers, explained
- Introducing TURLEC
2026 · International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
Created a corpus of Turkish learner texts to study language use at different proficiency levels.
- Modeling the Dative Alternation in English Early Child Language
2025 · Open Mind
Shows how children learn to arrange words in sentences, finding they prefer a certain word order earlier and keep using it more over time.
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- Changes in referential production among Japanese-English bilingual returnee children: a five-year longitudinal study
2025 · Bilingualism Language and Cognition
Tracks how bilingual returnee children use language differently over 5 years, finding they use more wordy phrases in both languages to stay clear.
- Usage-Based Approaches to L2 Acquisition
2025 · Routledge eBooks
Explained why some language constructions are harder to learn than others, based on cognitive principles.
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How to reach out
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