Faculty
DAVID BARNER
Assistant Professor
CONTACT:
| Email: | dbarner@ucsd.edu |
| Phone: | (858) 246-0874 |
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Research Interests
Dr.Barner is interested in language and conceptual development in children and the interface between language structure and meaning. In his lab, these questions are investigated by comparing speakers of different languages, and comparing pre-linguistic infants to older children and adults.
Selected Publications
Barner, D., & Snedeker, J. (2008). Compositionality and statistics in adjective acquisition: 4-year-olds interpret tall and short based on the size distributions of novel noun referents. Child Development, 79, 594-608.
Barner, D., & Wagner, L., & Snedeker, J. (2008). Events and the ontology of individuals: Verbs as a source of individuating mass and count nouns. Cognition, 106, 805-832.
Barner, D., & Snedeker, J. (2005). Quantity judgments and individuation: Evidence that mass nouns count. Cognition, 97, 41-66.
