Research
I am interested in how psychological research can inform theoretical linguistic inquiry and vice versa. My particular focus is in the area of semantics and pragmatics, and in language learning by monolingual and bilingual children as well as children with Specific Language Impairment and/or Autistic Disorders.
Publications
Please visit my personal website for a full and up to date list of publications. The following publications are indicative of the research interests and the research methods we use in our group:
Cummins, C. & Katsos, N. (2019). Oxford Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics, (eds) Oxford University Press
Howard, K., Katsos, N., & Gibson, J. (2019). The School Experiences of Bilingual Children on the Autism Spectrum: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 87, 9-20 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2019.01.008
Olguin, A., Cekic, M., Bekinschtein, T.A., Katsos, N., & Bozic, M. (2019). Bilingualism and language similarity modify the neural mechanisms of selective attention. Scientific Reports. 9(1): article number 8204 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44782-3
Lorge, I., & Katsos, N. (2018). Listener-adapted speech: Bilinguals adapt in a more sensitive way. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1075/lab.16054.lor
Antoniou, K., & Katsos, N. (2017). The effect of childhood multilingualism and bilectalism on implicature understanding. Applied Psycholinguistics, 38 (4): 787-833
Katsos, N., Cummins, C., Ezeizabarrena, M., Gavarró, A., Kraljević, J. K., et al. (2016). Cross-linguistic patterns in the acquisition of quantifiers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(33): 9244–9249
Antoniou, K., Grohmann, K., Kambanaros, M., & Katsos, N. (2016). The effect of childhood bilectalism and multilingualism on executive control. Cognition, 149: 18-30
Reetzke, R, Zou, X., Sheng, L., & Katsos, N. (2015). Communicative development in bilingually exposed Chinese children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 58(3):813-25
Soltys, J., Terkourafi, M. & Katsos, N. (2014). Disentangling Politeness Theory and the Strategic Speaker approach: Theoretical considerations and empirical predictions. Intercultural Pragmatics, 11(1): 31 – 56
Andrés Roqueta, C., Adrian, J.E., Clemente, R.A., & Katsos, N. (2013). Which are the best predictors of theory of mind delay in children with specific language impairment? International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 48(6):726-37
Breheny, R. E. T., Ferguson, H. J., & Katsos, N. (2013). Taking the epistemic step: Toward a model of on-line access to conversational implicatures. Cognition. 126(3), 423-440.
Katsos, N., Andrés Roqueta, C., Estevan, R. A. C., & Cummins, C. (2011). Are children with Specific Language Impairment Competent with the Pragmatics and Logic of Quantification? Cognition, 119: 43-57.
Katsos, N. & Bishop, D. V. M. (2011) Pragmatic Tolerance: Implications for the Acquisition of Informativeness and Implicature. Cognition, 20: 67-81.
Cummins, C., & Katsos, N. (2010). Comparative and Superlative Quantifiers: Pragmatic Effects of Comparison Type. Journal of Semantics, 27: 271-305
Davies, C., & Katsos, N. (2010). Over-informative Children: Production/Comprehension Asymmetry or Tolerance to Pragmatic Violations? Lingua, 120/8: 1956-1972
