Welcome to Linguistic research in the department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese!
There are several labs within the department doing exciting linguistic research.
Bilingualism Research Lab
The research focus of this lab is to investigate the linguistic competence of bilingual speakers as a window to understanding the human faculty of language.
Directors: Kay González (kgv@uic.edu) and Luis López (luislope@uic.edu)
Cognition of Second Language Acquisition Laboratory
Our lab conducts research on the neurocognitive processing of language among different speakers and learners.
Director: Kara Morgan-Short (karams@uic.edu)
The Heritage Language Cooperative works to increase knowledge about heritage languages in the United States and how to most effectively teach languages to heritage speakers.
Director: Kim Potowski (kimpotow@uic.edu)
Sociolinguistics Lab
Sociolinguistics Lab
The Sociolinguistics lab offers space and computers to pursue sociolinguistic research in Spanish or English.
Director: Richard Cameron (rcameron@uic.edu)