Our lab investigates the interactive nature of language and
thought by combining cognitive linguistics with methods and
approaches from experimental psychology or human-computer
interaction. Many projects focus on the conceptual semantics of
grammatical form, for instance, linguistic aspect. Others focus
on the connection between spatial thinking and linguistic
understanding. Yet others focus on conceptual metaphor or the
role of gesture in everyday language use. Some of our findings
have implications for user interfaces and ubiquitous computing,
in particular, our motion capture work on pointing.
Director
Teenie Matlock
Postdocs
Timothy Gann, Marcus Perlman
Graduate Students
Justin Matthews, Bodo Winter, Trish Lichtenstein,
Till Bergmann
Research Associates
Spencer Castro
Lab Manager
Amy Newsam