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Victor Kuperman is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Languages at McMaster University, where he conducts cutting-edge research at the intersection of psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and language processing. His work primarily focuses on eye-tracking reading research across multiple languages, morphological processing, and second language acquisition.
Professor Kuperman's research interests span psycholinguistics, eye-tracking reading methodologies, morphological processing, bilingualism, second language acquisition, and corpus linguistics. His work often examines how readers process language across different writing systems and linguistic structures, with particular attention to individual differences in reading behavior. Recent research has expanded into analyzing cognitive and social well-being through narrative analysis, especially in the context of the pandemic and geopolitical conflicts.
Analysis of Professor Kuperman's recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong focus on cross-linguistic reading research using eye-tracking methodologies, with significant contributions to multilingual eye-movement corpora. His work spans diverse languages including English, Chinese, Mongolian, Estonian, Finnish, and others, examining fundamental questions about how universal reading processes are across writing systems. A recurring theme is the examination of morphological processing in reading, with increasing attention to real-world applications such as pandemic-related well-being and war narratives.
Professor Kuperman has developed significant research resources including the Multilingual Eye-Movement Corpus (MECO), the CoSoWELL corpus of written life stories related to pandemic experiences, and specialized databases for compound word reading and derived word processing. His lab employs advanced eye-tracking methodologies to investigate reading processes across diverse populations and linguistic contexts.
