Yi-ching Josephine Su

Dr. Yi-ching Josephine Su is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Her research focuses on cognitive science, language acquisition (first and second), psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, developmental language disorders, and sentence processing. She leads the Acquisition/Psycholinguistics Lab, employing experimental methods like eye-tracking and ERP to study language processing in normal adults, children, and clinical populations.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Maryland (2001)
• M.A. in Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University
• M.A. in Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University
• B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University

Research Interests: Dr. Su explores syntactic/semantic aspects of language acquisition and processing, including anaphora resolution, scope ambiguities, and cross-linguistic comparisons. Her work emphasizes child-adult parallels in comprehension mechanisms and the interplay between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

Grants & Projects:

• 2021–2023: Online processing of reflexives in L2 English/Mandarin
• 2018–2021: Cross-linguistic L2 acquisition of pronoun resolution
• Longitudinal studies on child language development and cochlear implant outcomes

Lab Activities: The lab collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to investigate neural correlates of language processing. Training includes experimental design, statistical analysis, and theoretical linguistics, preparing students for advanced research in acquisition and psycholinguistics.