Dr. Ashley Farris Trimble

Associate Professor

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Biography

Ashley Farris-Trimble's research interests include the role of phonological knowledge in word recognition, first- and second-language acquisition, and theoretical phonology. She has expertise in phonological disorders and phonological processing in clinical populations. Farris-Trimble takes an experimental approach to solve phonological questions and primarily utilizes eye-tracking and the visual world paradigm to conduct real-time measures of speech processing and word recognition. She directs the Phonological Processing Lab and has a focus on understanding how phonological processing interacts with language acquisition across diverse populations.

Research Interests

Courses

LING 891 G100 Graduate Seminar II LING 899 G500 PhD Thesis LING 321 B100 Phonology LING 800 G100 Phonology LING 899 G200 PhD Thesis

Requirements for Simon Fraser University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:93
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy