Amy J. Schafer
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Associated Faculty, Cognitive Science at the University of Hawai`i
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Department of Linguistics,
Moore
Hall University of Hawai`i at Manoa 1890 East-West Road Honolulu, HI 96822 Office: Moore 562 Department phone: (808) 956-8602 General lab telephone: (808) 956-5854 |
Research and teaching
laboratories
Research interests
- The integration of multiple sources of information in sentence processing.
- The relationship between sentence production patterns and sentence comprehension patterns.
- Effects of given, new, and focussed information in sentence processing.
- Prosodic structure in sentence comprehension and production.
- Phonological representations of prosody and their phonetic realizations, across languages and dialects (especially English, Korean, and Austronesian languages); grammatical constraints on prosodic form.
- Psycholinguistics in language documentation, including detecting early signs of language endangerment (see the HALA Project).
Education and postdoctoral training
- B.A. in Linguistics and Anthropology, Washington University, 1989.
- Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, 1997.
- Postdoctoral Training in Spoken Sentence Processing, Depts. of Psychology and Speech-Language-Hearing, University of Kansas, 1996 - 1998.
- Postdoctoral Training in Phonetics, Department of Linguistics, UCLA, 1998 - 2001.
Teaching at UH
LING 320 - General
Linguistics
LING 412 - Psycholinguistics (primarily for undergraduate students)
LING 632 - Laboratory Research
LING 640G - Professional Issues in Linguistics
LING 640Y - Psycholinguistics (for graduate students)
Ling 730 - Advanced Laboratory Research (by consent only)
LING 750Y - Seminar in Psycholinguistics (topic varies)
LING 412 - Psycholinguistics (primarily for undergraduate students)
LING 632 - Laboratory Research
LING 640G - Professional Issues in Linguistics
LING 640Y - Psycholinguistics (for graduate students)
Ling 730 - Advanced Laboratory Research (by consent only)
LING 750Y - Seminar in Psycholinguistics (topic varies)
Ph.D. Students (see also Psycholinguistics
Lab Members)
Kyuseek Hwang Jackson,
Ph.D. 2008. Dissertation: The Effect of Information Structure on Korean Scrambling. (Co-chair with William
O'Grady.)
Aya Inoue, Ph.D. 2008. Dissertation: Copula Variability in Hawai‘i Creole Continuum. (Co-chair with Jeff Siegel; supervision led by Andrew Wong.) First & current position: Researcher at the Charlene Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole and Dialect Studies.
Annie Tremblay, Ph.D. 2007, Second Language Studies, Dissertation: Bridging the Gap between Theoretical Linguistics and Psycholinguistics in L2 Phonology: Acquisition and Processing of English Word Stress by French Canadian L2 Learners. (Co-chair with Bonnie Schwartz.) First & current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois.
Hyekyung Hwang, Ph.D. 2007. Dissertation: Prosodic Phrasing in Sentence Comprehension: Evidence from Native English Speakers and Native Korean-speaking Second Language Learners of English. First & current position: Postdoc at McGill University.
Michiko Nakamura, Ph.D. 2003. Dissertation: Processing of multiple filler-gap dependencies in Japanese. (Co-chair with William O'Grady.) First position: Postdoc at Nara Institute of Science and Technology; now at the University of Hawaii.
Junghee Kim, Ph.D. in progress. (Co-chair with Bonnie Schwartz.)
Manami Sato, Ph.D. in progress.
Heeyeon Dennison, Ph.D. in progress.
Yukie Hara, Ph.D. in progress.
Aya Inoue, Ph.D. 2008. Dissertation: Copula Variability in Hawai‘i Creole Continuum. (Co-chair with Jeff Siegel; supervision led by Andrew Wong.) First & current position: Researcher at the Charlene Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole and Dialect Studies.
Annie Tremblay, Ph.D. 2007, Second Language Studies, Dissertation: Bridging the Gap between Theoretical Linguistics and Psycholinguistics in L2 Phonology: Acquisition and Processing of English Word Stress by French Canadian L2 Learners. (Co-chair with Bonnie Schwartz.) First & current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois.
Hyekyung Hwang, Ph.D. 2007. Dissertation: Prosodic Phrasing in Sentence Comprehension: Evidence from Native English Speakers and Native Korean-speaking Second Language Learners of English. First & current position: Postdoc at McGill University.
Michiko Nakamura, Ph.D. 2003. Dissertation: Processing of multiple filler-gap dependencies in Japanese. (Co-chair with William O'Grady.) First position: Postdoc at Nara Institute of Science and Technology; now at the University of Hawaii.
Junghee Kim, Ph.D. in progress. (Co-chair with Bonnie Schwartz.)
Manami Sato, Ph.D. in progress.
Heeyeon Dennison, Ph.D. in progress.
Yukie Hara, Ph.D. in progress.
Collaborators
Victoria B.
Anderson
Chuck Clifton
Lyn Frazier
Yoon-Shil Jeon
Sun-Ah Jun
William O'Grady
Shari Speer
Chuck Clifton
Lyn Frazier
Yoon-Shil Jeon
Sun-Ah Jun
William O'Grady
Shari Speer
Selected publications (see also Psycholinguistics Lab Publications)
Hwang Jackson, K., Schafer, A.J.,
& O’Grady, W. (to appear). Contrastive focus facilitates
scrambling in Korean sentence processing. In S. Iwasaki, H. Hoji, P.M.
Clancy, & S.-O. Sohn (Eds.) Japanese/Korean Linguistics 17, CSLI:
Stanford, CA. [Please contact me for a copy]
Hwang, H. & Schafer, A.J. (2009). Constituent length affects prosody and processing for a dative NP ambiguity in Korean. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 38, 151-175. [PDF]
O’Grady, W., Schafer, A.J., Perla, J., Lee, O.-S., & Wieting, J. (2009). A psycholinguistic tool for the assessment of language loss: The HALA project. Language Documentation and Conservation, 3, 100-112. [abstract & PDF]
Hwang, H., Schafer, A.J., & Anderson, V.B. (2007). Discrimination of English intonation contours by native speakers and second language learners. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences XVI, 713-716. [PDF]
Hwang, H. & Schafer, A.J. (2006). Prosodic effects in parsing early vs. late closure sentences by second language learners and native speakers. Hoffmann, R. & Mixdorff (Eds.), Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2006, 585-588. [PDF]
Schafer, A.J., Speer, S.R., & Warren, P. (2005). Prosodic influences on the production and comprehension of syntactic ambiguity in a game-based conversation task. In M. Tanenhaus & J. Trueswell (Eds.) Approaches to Studying World Situated Language Use: Psycholinguistic, Linguistic and Computational Perspectives on Bridging the Product and Action Tradition, Cambridge: MIT Press. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Warren, P., Speer, S.R., & Schafer, A.J. (2003). Wanna-contraction and prosodic disambiguation in US and NZ English. Wellington Working Papers in Linguistics, 15, 31-49. [PDF]
Schafer, A.J. & Jun, S.-A. (2002). Effects of accentual phrasing on adjective interpretation in Korean. In M. Nakayama (Ed.) Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages, Stanford: CSLI Publications. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Carlson, K., Clifton, C., & Frazier, L. (2000). Focus and the interpretation of pitch accent: Disambiguating embedded questions. Language and Speech, 43, 75-105. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Speer, S.R., Warren, P., & White, S.D. (2000). Intonational disambiguation in sentence production and comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 29, 169-182. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J. (1998). Bounded projection: The effect of prosodic phrasing on focus interpretation. In E. Benedicto, M. Romero & S. Tomioka (Eds.) University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics 21: Proceedings of the Workshop on Focus. Amherst: GLSA. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J. (1997). Prosodic Parsing: The Role of Prosody in Sentence Comprehension. University of Massachusetts Doctoral Dissertation. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Carter, J., Clifton, C. & Frazier, L. (1996). Focus in relative clause construal. Language and Cognitive Processes, 11, 135 - 163. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Hwang, H. & Schafer, A.J. (2009). Constituent length affects prosody and processing for a dative NP ambiguity in Korean. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 38, 151-175. [PDF]
O’Grady, W., Schafer, A.J., Perla, J., Lee, O.-S., & Wieting, J. (2009). A psycholinguistic tool for the assessment of language loss: The HALA project. Language Documentation and Conservation, 3, 100-112. [abstract & PDF]
Hwang, H., Schafer, A.J., & Anderson, V.B. (2007). Discrimination of English intonation contours by native speakers and second language learners. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences XVI, 713-716. [PDF]
Hwang, H. & Schafer, A.J. (2006). Prosodic effects in parsing early vs. late closure sentences by second language learners and native speakers. Hoffmann, R. & Mixdorff (Eds.), Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2006, 585-588. [PDF]
Schafer, A.J., Speer, S.R., & Warren, P. (2005). Prosodic influences on the production and comprehension of syntactic ambiguity in a game-based conversation task. In M. Tanenhaus & J. Trueswell (Eds.) Approaches to Studying World Situated Language Use: Psycholinguistic, Linguistic and Computational Perspectives on Bridging the Product and Action Tradition, Cambridge: MIT Press. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Warren, P., Speer, S.R., & Schafer, A.J. (2003). Wanna-contraction and prosodic disambiguation in US and NZ English. Wellington Working Papers in Linguistics, 15, 31-49. [PDF]
Schafer, A.J. & Jun, S.-A. (2002). Effects of accentual phrasing on adjective interpretation in Korean. In M. Nakayama (Ed.) Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages, Stanford: CSLI Publications. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Carlson, K., Clifton, C., & Frazier, L. (2000). Focus and the interpretation of pitch accent: Disambiguating embedded questions. Language and Speech, 43, 75-105. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Speer, S.R., Warren, P., & White, S.D. (2000). Intonational disambiguation in sentence production and comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 29, 169-182. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J. (1998). Bounded projection: The effect of prosodic phrasing on focus interpretation. In E. Benedicto, M. Romero & S. Tomioka (Eds.) University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics 21: Proceedings of the Workshop on Focus. Amherst: GLSA. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J. (1997). Prosodic Parsing: The Role of Prosody in Sentence Comprehension. University of Massachusetts Doctoral Dissertation. [PDF] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Carter, J., Clifton, C. & Frazier, L. (1996). Focus in relative clause construal. Language and Cognitive Processes, 11, 135 - 163. [PDF] [Soundfiles]