Computational language evolution (CompLingEvo) Led by Professor Frederik Hartmann, this lab is concerned with investigating the causes
and effects of linguistic change with computational methods. Neural network approaches
as well as inferential modelling can yield insights into why languages diversify over
time and what the pathways of change are. The primary goal of research in this lab
is to combine novel methods with data from both ancient and modern sources to study
the effect of cognition, society, and historical developments on language change
Second Language Acquisition Group (SLA Group): Led by Professor Xian Zhang, this research group the SLA group engages international
and UNT undergraduate and graduate students to study second language acquisition.
We are particularly interested in applying various approaches (e.g., experimental,
meta-analysis, fMRI) to understand and enhance second language acquisition. We also
conduct research to test SLA theories. Some recent topics include second language
vocabulary knowledge, foreign language anxiety, and embodied cognition.
Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL): Led by Professor Shobhana Chellia of Indiana University and Professor Sadaf Munshi
of UNT, the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital
archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.
The aims of the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages research group are:
To engage with linguists and community language documenters to create an archive of
connected speech represented through audio/video/and analyzed and annotated text.
Visit the archive.
To create curriculum and provide the training in support of the documentation, description,
and archiving of South Asian languages. View curriculum.
To encourage the creation of annotated corpora that allow for cross-language comparison
and innovative data mining methods across these corpora. Explore the Differential Marking project.
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