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Research Interests
- Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics
- Theoretical Linguistics
- Syntax-Phonology and Semantics-Phonology Interfaces
Course(s)
Fall 2009
- Introduction to Linguistics, LALS 1001 Section: A and P
Winter 2010
- Child Language, LALS 2603A / PSYC 3508A
- The Mysteries of Language, LALS 1100A
Selected Recent Publications
Hirotani, M., Frazier, L., & Rayner, K. (2006). Punctuation and Intonation Effects on Sentence and Clause Wrap-up: Evidence from Eye Movements. Journal of Memory and Language , 54,
425-443 .
Mueller, J., Hirotani, M., & Friederici, A.D. (2007). ERP Evidence for Different Strategies in the
Processing of Case Markers in Native Speakers and Non-native Learners.
BMC Neuroscience , 8, 18, 1471-2202.
Hirotani, M. (2007). Prosody and LF Interpretation: Processing Japanese Wh-questions. Phonological Studies, Vol. 10 (pp. 67-68). Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
Wolff, S., Schlesewsky, M., Hirotani, M., & Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I. (2008). The Neural Mechanisms of Word Order Processing Revisited: Electrophysiological Evidence from Japanese. Brain and Language, 107, 133-157.
Hirotani, M., Stets, M., Striano, T., & Friederici, A.D. (2009). Joint Attention HelpsInfants Learn New Words: Event-related Potential Evidence. NeuroReport, 20, 600-605.
External Research Grants
The On-line Use of Prosodic Information during Sentence Comprehension: ERP Investigation. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant, 2008-2011.
Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience: Language and Brain (CCN.LaB). Canada Foundation for Innovation, Leaders Opportunity Fund, 2009-2012.
Comparison and Related Concepts in Natural Language (with Junko Shimoyama (PI), and Yosef Grodzinsky and Bernhard Schwarz (Co-PI's)). New Initiative Funding, Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain, McGill University, 2009-2010.
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