Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Tianjin Medical University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., East China Normal University
Appointed In
2024
Office
Swan Hall #207
Hours
Tuesdays 9am-10am (Zoom), 2pm-3pm (in-person); Thursdays 1pm-2pm (Zoom); and by appointment
Shengyun Gu is a linguist whose research aims to better understand language (including its structure, acquisition, and processing) through the lens of Shanghai Sign Language and American Sign Language (ASL).
Her research interests include language structure (phonology, morphology, phonetics, prosody), language acquisition (first language phonological development, second language accents, bimodal bilingualism), relationships between language and cognition, and language documentation.