Dr. Hupp’s line of research focusing on Acoustic Dimensions examines whether children are attending to and using aspects of speech such as syntax (rules of language) and prosody (the way something is said) in similar ways as adults. For example, she investigates whether or not syntax and prosody play a role in children’s memory of linguistic information, and whether or not children use primed syntax or rate when producing their own speech. In general, Dr. Hupp’s research is centered on gaining insight into what cues children are attending to in their linguistic environment, and how this attention affects language acquisition.
