Welcome to VIU's Linguistic Research Lab (LRL), the place for all things language! Our work centres on four questions:
- How does spelling influence spoken language?
- How does spontaneous speech differ from careful speech?
- How do a bilingual’s two languages influence each other in the mind?
- What makes second-language speech sound fluent?
Projects
To answer our questions, my lab studies both native and non-native speakers using a range of experimental methods. We analyze the acoustic details of their speech and track changes in their pupil size to measure the cognitive effort behind producing and understanding spoken language.
Lab
VIU's Linguistic Research Lab (LRL) was founded in 2023 through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) and the BC Knowledge Development Fund awarded to Yoichi Mukai, Ph.D. (PI) and Marla Morden, Ph.D. (Co-PI) under the project entitled, Vancouver Island Eye-tracking Hub: Creating Regional Capacity for Evidence-based, Non-invasive Cognitive Assessment.
Contact Us
We are located at Building 459, Room 110.