Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., Wexler, K. To appear in Applied Psycholinguistics. Comprehension of reflexive and personal pronouns in children with autism: a syntactic or pragmatic deficit?

Modyanova, N., Agoos, C., Kenney, A., Echelbarger, M., Holt, A., Wexler, K. 2010. Young Children's Interpretations of Modal Verbs. In J. Costa, A. Castro, M. Lobo & F. Pratas (Eds.) Language Acquisition and Development: Proceedings of the Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition 2009. Cambridge Scholars Press. pp 301-312.

Modyanova, N. & K. Wexler. 2008. Maximal Trouble in Free Relatives. BUCLD 2007: Boston University Conference on Language Development. pp 287-298. [PDF]

Modyanova, N. & K. Wexler. 2007. Semantic and Pragmatic Language Development: Children Know ‘That’ Better. In A. Belikova, L. Meroni and M. Umeda (Eds.) Galana 2 – Proceedings of the Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition – North America. Cascadilla Press, Somerville, MA. [link to PDF]

Modyanova, N. 2006. The Genitive of Negation Construction in Russian-English Bilinguals. In D. Bamman, T. Magnitskaia and C. Zaller (Eds.) An Online Supplement to the Proceedings of the 30th Boston University Conference on Language Development. [link to PDF]

Thesis

Modyanova, N. 2009. Semantic and Pragmatic Language Development in Typical Acquisition, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Williams Syndrome with Reference to Developmental Neurogenetics of the latter. MIT Dissertation. [link to PDF from DSpace@MIT]

Publications in progress

Modyanova, N. & K. Wexler. Semantic and Pragmatic Language Development in Typical Acquisition: What Children Really Know About THE.

Modyanova, N. & K. Wexler. Semantics and Pragmatics in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comprehension of Definite and Indefinite Articles.

Modyanova, N., & K. Wexler. Semantics and Pragmatics in Children with Williams Syndrome.

Modyanova, N., Giessman, C., & K. Wexler. Theory of Mind (NOT) in Determiner Acquisition.

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Hirsch, C., & K. Wexler. What Drives Children's Development of Determiners

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Echelbarger, E., & K. Wexler. Investigation of optional infinitives in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Conference presentations

Echelbarger, M., Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Wexler, K. November 2011. Investigation of linguistic endophenotypes as autism spectrum disorders (ASD) classifiers. BUCLD 2011: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Poster.

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Wexler, K. November 2011. Binding in High and Low Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. BUCLD 2011: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Poster.

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Hirsch, C., Wexler, K. November 2010. What Drives Children's Development of Definite Determiners. BUCLD 2010: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA. Talk.

Modyanova, N., Wexler, K., with thanks to Children's Hospital Boston 16p11.2 Study Group Clinicians. October 2010. Initial characterization of linguistic competence in children with 16p11.2 deletion. Autism Consortium Symposium, Boston, MA. Poster.

Modyanova, N. May 2010. a Biolinguistic Investigation of Reference in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams Syndrome. Linguistic Phenotypes: Towards A Biological Understanding Of Language. The Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Talk.

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Watanabe, A., Echelbarger, M., Wexler, K. October 2009. Knowledge of semantics and pragmatics of definite and indefinite articles in autism spectrum disorders as compared to Williams syndrome. Autism Consortium Symposium, Boston, MA. Poster.

Modyanova, N., Agoos, C., Kenney, A., Echelbarger, M., Holt, A., Wexler, K. September 2009. Young Children's Interpretations of Modal Verbs. GALA 2009: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition. Lisbon, Portugal. Also presented at the Mid-America Linguistics Conference, October 2009, University of Missouri.

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., Wexler, K. September 2009. Comparison of the knowledge of binding in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams syndrome. GALA 2009: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition. Lisbon, Portugal. Talk.

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N, Wexler, K. November 2008. Optional Infinitives in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and with Williams Syndrome. BUCLD 2008: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Talk.

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., Echelbarger, M., K. Wexler. June 2008. Investigation of optional infinitives in children with autism spectrum disorders. SRCLD 2008: 29th annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. Madison, Wisconsin. Poster. [abstract]

Modyanova, N. & K. Wexler. November 2007. Maximal Trouble in Free Relatives. BUCLD 2007: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA. Talk.

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., Wexler, K. September 2007. Knowledge of c-command and A-movement in children and adolescents with autism and with Asperger syndrome. GALA 2007: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition. Barcelona, Spain. Talk.

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., Wexler, K. July 2007. Comprehension of Passives in Autism and Asperger Syndrome. 30th Anniversary Child Language Seminar. University of Reading, UK. Talk.

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., & K. Wexler. June 2007. Comprehension of reflexive and personal pronouns in Williams syndrome. The 28th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Poster. [abstract]

Modyanova, N., Perovic, A., & K. Wexler. June 2007. Semantics and Pragmatics in Autism Spectrum Disorders. SRCLD: The 28th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Poster. [abstract]

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., Hanson, E., Nelson, C., Wexler, K. May 2007. Investigations of language in autism: Evidence for a grammatical deficiency. ARUK: Autism Research in the UK – from diagnosis to intervention. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. Poster.

Perovic, A., Modyanova, N., Hanson, E., Rappaport, L., & K. Wexler. November 2006. Investigations of grammar in autism: knowledge of passives and binding. BUCLD 2006: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA. Poster.

Modyanova, N. & K. Wexler. August 2006. Semantic and Pragmatic Language Development: ‘That’, Children Know. GALANA 2006: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition, North America. Montreal, Canada. Poster.

Hirsch, C., Modyanova, N., Wexler, K. June 2006. Predicting Passive Acquisition: Environmental Factors and Biological Maturation. Workshop on Language Acquisition at the Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, Aalborg, Denmark. Talk.

Modyanova, N. November 2005. The Genitive of Negation Construction in Russian-English Bilinguals. BUCLD 2005: Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA. Poster.

Cansev, M., Modyanova, N.N., Holguin, S.T., Watkins, C.J., Wurtman, R.J.  2004. Oral Uridine-5-Monophosphate (UMP) Elevates Brain CDP-Choline And Improves Spatial Memory In Gerbils.  Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego CA. Poster. [paper]

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