The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) under the NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program. The grant, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, will fund research on the cognitive mechanisms supporting the production of sentences involving recursion and displacement across different languages. The project aims to use structural priming experiments and advanced data analysis methods to better understand how speakers create well-formed sentences with these complex linguistic properties. This cross-linguistic research will also provide advanced training opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars, as well as establish international research collaborations.
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