Publications

2008
Viau, J. and J. Lidz. Selective Learning in the Acquisition of Kannada Ditransitives. submitted.
Halberda, J., L. Taing, and J. Lidz. The age of onset of 'most' comprehension and its potential dependence on counting ability in preschoolers. Language Learning and Development 4(2): 99-121.
Viau, J., J. Lidz and J. Musolino. Priming of abstract logical representations in 4-year-olds. submitted.
Syrett, K. and J. Lidz. 30-month-olds use the distribution and meaning of adverbs to interpret novel adjectives. submitted.
Christophe, A., S. Millotte, S. Bernal and J. Lidz. Bootstrapping Lexical and Syntactic Acquisition. Language and Speech 51:61-75.
Lukyanenko, C., A. Conroy, and J. Lidz. Infants' Adherence to Principle C: Evidence from 30-month-olds. submitted.
Takahashi, E. and J. Lidz. Beyond Statistical Learning in Syntax. submitted.

2007
Bunger, A. and J. Lidz. Linguistic and Conceptual Constraints on Verb Learning. submitted.
Baier, R., W. Idsardi, and J. Lidz. Two-month-olds are sensitive to lip rounding in dynamic and static speech events. International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing. Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands. Aug-Sept 2007.
Syrett, K., C. Kennedy & J. Lidz. Meaning and Context in Children's Understanding of Gradable Adjectives. submitted.
Syrett, K. and J. Lidz. QR in child and adult grammar: What children can do and what adults won't when resolving Antecedent-Contained Deletion. submitted.
Han, C.H, J. Lidz and J. Musolino (2007). V-raising and Grammar Competition in Korean: Evidence from Negation and Quantifier Scope. Linguistic Inquiry 38:1-47.
Lidz, J. and L. Pearl. (2007). Language Learning Through Selection. Science, 315:335.
Bernal, S., Lidz, J., Millotte, S., and Christophe, A. Syntax constrains the acquisition of verb meaning. Language Learning and Development, 3:325-342

2006
Conroy, S. E. Takahashi, J. Lidz & C. Phillips. Equal Treatment for All Antecedents: How Children Succeed with Principle B. submitted.
Pearl, L & J. Lidz. When Domain General Learning Succeeds and When It Fails: Identifying the Contribution of Domain Specificity. submitted.
Waxman, S., Lidz, J., Braun, I., and Lavin, T. 24-Month-Olds' Interpretations of Novel Verbs and Nouns in Dynamic Scenes. submitted.
Bunger, A. and Lidz, J. Constrained Flexibility in the Acquisition of Causative Verbs. Proceedings of the 30th Boston University Conference on Language Development. Cascadilla Press: Cambridge.
Leddon, E. and Lidz, J. Reconstruction Effects in Child Language. Proceedings of the 30th Boston University Conference on Language Development. Cascadilla Press: Cambridge.
Waxman, S.R. and J. Lidz. Early Word Learning, in D. Kuhn & R. Siegler (eds). Handbook of ChildPsychology: Cognition, Perception and Language (6th Edition), 299-335. John Wiley & Sons: NY.
Lidz, J. Verb learning as a probe into children’s grammars, in K. Hirsh-Pasek and R. Golinkoff (eds.) When Action Meets Words, 429-449. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Lidz, J. and J. Musolino. On the Quantificational Status of Indefinites: The View from Child Language. Language Acquisition 13:73-102.
Musolino, J and J. Lidz. Why Children aren't Universally Successful with Quantification. Linguistics. 44:817-852.

2005
Lidz, J. The abstract nature of syntactic representations: Consequences for a theory of learning,in E. Hoff and M. Shatz (eds.)Handbook of Language Development. Blackwell: Cambridge. in press.
Syrett, K., C. Kennedy, E. Bradley, and J. Lidz. Shifting Standards: Children’s Understanding of Gradable Adjectives, In K. Ud Deen, J. Nomura, B. Schulz and B. D. Schwartz (eds.) Proceedings of the Inaugural GALANA. MITWPL: Cambridge, MA.
Syrett, K. and J. Lidz. Children Want to Access Every Interpretation Adults do, Proceedings of North East Linguistics Society 35. GLSA: Amherst, MA.

2004
Lidz, J. and L. Gleitman. Yes, we still need Universal Grammar, Cognition 94:85-93.
Lidz, J. and S. Waxman. Reaffirming the Poverty of the Stimulus Argument: A reply to the replies, Cognition 93:157-165.
Lidz, J. and L. Gleitman. Argument Structure and the Child’s Contribution to Language Learning.Trends in Cognitive Science 8(4):157-161.
Bunger, A. and J. Lidz. Syntactic Bootstrapping and the Internal Structure of Causative Events. Proceedings of 28th Boston University Conference on Language Development, 74-85. Cascadilla Press: Cambridge.
Lidz, J., E. McMahon, K. Syrett, J. Viau, F. Anggoro, J. Peterson-Hicks, E. Sneed, A. Bunger, T. Flevaris, A. Graham, K. Grohne, Y. Lee, and J. Strid. Quantifier Raising in 4-year-olds. Proceedings of 28th Boston University Conference on Language Development, 340-349. Cascadilla Press: Cambridge.

2003
Musolino, J. and J. Lidz. The Scope of Isomorphism: Turning Adults into Children. Language Acquisition 11:277-291.
Lidz, J., S. Waxman, and J. Freedman. What Infants Know about Syntax but Couldn't have Learned: Experimental Evidence for Syntactic Structure at 18-months. Cognition 89:B65-B73.
Lidz, J., H. Gleitman and L. Gleitman. Understanding How Input Matters: The Footprint of Universal Grammar on Verb Learning. Cognition 87:151-178.

2002
Lidz, J. and J. Musolino. Children’s Command of Quantification. Cognition 84:113-154.