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Anne-Michelle Tessier is an Associate Professor and the Associate Department Head in the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. Her research primarily focuses on language acquisition and the learnability of phonological grammars. Tessier investigates how children and adults learn phonologies, exploring concepts in constraint-based phonologies, particularly Optimality Theory and Harmonic Grammar. Her work addresses topics such as U-shaped phonological development and the effects of morphological discovery on phonology. Additionally, Tessier looks at phonological processing in children with cochlear implants and the relationship between phonological satisfaction and language perception. She has served as an Associate Editor for Glossa and has written an advanced undergraduate textbook on Phonological Acquisition, aiming to teach the foundational concepts of phonology. Tessier is also the director of the UBC Child Phonology Lab, where her current research projects probe deeper into these areas. Her contributions to the field include significant publications on eye-tracking evidence of word recognition and reviews of auditory plasticity in relation to cochlear implant performance and tinnitus perception.
University of British Columbia • Vancouver, BC
Focus on phonological grammars and language acquisition.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.