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Jill
Gilkerson
Department
of Linguistics Mail
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206-8595 gilkerson@psych.ucla.edu |
I am primarily concerned with the cognitive and grammatical
principles that guide first and second language acquisition (
2002-present Ph.D.
program in UCLA Department of Linguistics, concentration in language
acquisition.
Dissertation: Testing for UG Access: an
Investigation of How Native Spanish Speakers Acquire English Particle Verbs
Expected date of
Completion: January 2005
2004 Teaching
Certificate in TESOL from UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics
2002 M.A.
in Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles,
concentration in
language acquisition
MA Thesis: Infants’ Understanding of Sentential and Anaphoric Negation: A
Study Using the Preferential Looking Paradigm
1995 B.A.
in Developmental Psychology, magna cum laude,
University of
California, Los Angeles
2004 Graduate
Student Researcher, Department of Linguistics, UCLA
Advisor:
C. Wilson, Ph.D.
2001-present Assistant
Director of the UCLA Infant Language Laboratory
2003-2004 Researcher,
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship recipient
Advisor:
Nina Hyams
2002-2003 Researcher,
UCLA Research Mentorship Fellowship recipient
Advisor:
Nina Hyams
Summer 2002 Researcher,
UCLA Summer Research Mentorship Award recipient
Advisor:
Colin Wilson
Summer 2001 Researcher,
UCLA Summer Research Mentorship Award recipient
Advisor:
Susan Curtiss
2000-2001 Graduate
Student Researcher, Department of Linguistics, UCLA
Advisors:
N. Hyams, Ph.D. and S. Curtiss Ph.D.
1999-2000 Graduate
Student Researcher, Department of Psychology, UCLA
Advisor:
J. Arthur Woodward, Ph.D.
1995-1999 Co-director,
Producer, ThoughtMakers, Inc., Department of Psychology, UCLA
Advisor:
J. Arthur Woodward, Ph.D.
1994-1995 Research
Intern, Department of Psychology, UCLA
Advisors:
J. Arthur Woodward, Ph.D. and Shaw-Jing Chao Ph.D.
2004 Summer Teaching Assistant, University of
California, Los Angeles
Linguistics 1: Introduction
to the Study of Language
Linguistics 20: Introduction
to Linguistics
Linguistics
C130/233: Grammatical Development
Linguistics
C140/244: Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
Linguistics
C135/235: Neurolinguistics
2001 Fall Teaching Assistant,
Linguistics C130/233: Grammatical Development
1997 Winter Teaching Assistant, Santa
Monica College ESL Department
ESL 15: Oral
Communication
Honors
and Awards
2003-2004 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship
2002-2003 UCLA Research Mentorship Fellowship
2002 UCLA Summer Research
Mentorship Award
2001 UCLA Summer Research
Mentorship Award
2000 University Fellowship,
UCLA Department of Linguistics
1999 University Fellowship,
UCLA Department of Linguistics
1995
Highest Departmental Honors, UCLA
Department of Psychology
1995 Magna Cum Laude, UCLA
1995 College Honors, UCLA
College of Letters and Science
1994-1995 UCLA Crisis Intervention Hotline
Counselor
Publications
·
Gilkerson, J. (to appear). Categorical
perception of natural and unnatural categories: Evidence for innate category
boundaries. UCLA Working
Papers in Linguistics: Language Development and Breakdown 2.
·
Gilkerson, J. (to appear). Age and transfer effects in the L2 acquisition
of English particle verbs. In Proceeding of the Generative Approaches to
Language Acquisition North America (GALANA). University of Hawaii.
·
Gilkerson, J., N. Hyams and S.
Curtiss (to appear). On
the scope of negation: More evidence for early parameter setting. In Proceedings of the Generative
Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA),
·
Gilkerson, J. (to appear). Age
and transfer effects in the L2 acquisition of English particle verbs. 81st Meeting of the Linguistic
Society of
·
Gilkerson, J. (to appear). Age and transfer effects in the L2 acquisition
of English particle verbs. Generative
Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA). University of
Hawaii.
·
Gilkerson, J. (to appear). The acquisition of particle verbs by native
Spanish speakers. Poster Presentation, Boston University Conference on
Language Development 29 (BUCLD). Boston University.
·
Gilkerson, J. (2003). Categorical
perception of natural and unnatural categories: Evidence for innate category
boundaries. Poster Presentation, Proceedings of the Boston
University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD). Boston University.
·
Gilkerson, J., N. Hyams and S.
Curtiss (2003). On the scope of negation: More evidence for early parameter
setting. Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA).
·
Berger-Morales, J., M. Salustri
and J. Gilkerson. (2003). Root infinitives in the spontaneous speech of two
bilingual children: evidence for separate grammatical systems. 4th
International Symposium on Bilingualism.
Arizona State University.
Last updated October 22, 2004