Yuriko Oshima-Takane

Research Areas:

Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience | Developmental Science | Quantitative & Modelling

Research Summary:

Prof. Oshima-Takane investigates the underlying mechanisms as well as environmental factors that together determine the course of early language development.  Her recent research in this area includes cross-linguistic study on early word learning in children and effects of linguistic input and social interactions on the development of language and communication.  In addition to her empirical studies, she conducts computer modelling experiments and network analysis to understand semantic representations and the developmental mechanisms in children.

Selected References:

Okumura, Y., Oshima-Takane, Y., Kobayashi, T., Ma, M., & Kayama, Y. (2022). Comprehension of null and pronominal object sentences in Japanese-speaking children. Language Learning and Development, May 2, 2022, published online.

Kayama, Y. & Oshima-Takane, Y. (2022). The acquisition of argument structures of intransitive and transitive verbs in Japanese: The role of parental input. First Language, 42(1), 144-167.

Oshima-Takane, Y. & Titova, P. (2021). Changes in parental input patterns of wh-questions. Proceedings of 45^th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Lippeveld, M. & Oshima-Takane, Y. (2020). Children’s initial understanding of the related meanings of polysemous noun-verb pairs. Language Learning and Development, 16 (3), 204-269.

Oshima-Takane, Y. (2019). Toddlers’ use of a third party’s eye gaze information in verb-action mapping. Proceedings of 43^rd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Lippeveld, M. & Oshima-Takane, Y. (2015). Nouns to verbs and verbs to nouns: When do children acquire denominal verbs and deverbal nouns? Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics, 36(3) 559-588.

Lippeveld, M. & Oshima-Takane, Y. (2014). The effect of input on children’s cross-categorical use of polysemous noun-verb pairs. Language Acquisition, 22(3), 209-239.

Nakano, H., Rosario, M., Oshima-Takane, Y., Pierce, L., & Tate, S. (2014). Electrophysiological response to omitted stimulus in sentence processing. Neuroreport, 25(14), 1169-1174.