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.
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)
Students (see also Psycholinguistics
Lab Members)
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.
Kyuseek Hwang Jackson, Ph.D. in progress. (Co-chair with William O'Grady.)
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.
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.
Kyuseek Hwang Jackson, Ph.D. in progress. (Co-chair with William O'Grady.)
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
Selected publications (see Psycholinguistics Lab Publications for more)
Hwang, K., Schafer,
A.J., & O’Grady, W. (to appear). Contrastive
focus facilitates scrambling in Korean sentence processing.
Japanese/Korean Linguistics 17, CSLI: Stanford, CA.
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. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J. (1997). Prosodic Parsing: The Role of Prosody in Sentence Comprehension. University of Massachusetts Doctoral Dissertation. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Carter, J., Clifton, C. & Frazier, L. (1996). Focus in relative clause construal. Language and Cognitive Processes, 11, 135 - 163. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
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. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J. (1997). Prosodic Parsing: The Role of Prosody in Sentence Comprehension. University of Massachusetts Doctoral Dissertation. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]
Schafer, A.J., Carter, J., Clifton, C. & Frazier, L. (1996). Focus in relative clause construal. Language and Cognitive Processes, 11, 135 - 163. [Please contact me for a copy] [Soundfiles]