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Bresnan, Joan W. |
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Stanford University |
| Primary Field
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Psychological and Cognitive Sciences |
| Secondary Field
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Computer and Information Sciences |
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Bresnan’s research focuses on broadening the empirical foundations of syntax by synthesizing multiple sources of quantitative experimental evidence together with qualitative linguistic judgments. |
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Research Interests
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Dr. Bresnan's research focuses on broadening the empirical foundations of Syntax---the skeletal structure of language---by synthesizing multiple sources of quantitative experimental evidence together with qualitative linguistic judgments, in order to understand how language is cognitively represented. She is one of the original designers and developers of Lexical-Functional Grammar, a formal grammar system which has allowed both flexible, typologically diverse linguistic descriptions for field l |
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