Professor Viviane Déprez is a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University, affiliated with the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS). She leads the Comparative and Experimental Linguistics Lab and specializes in comparative syntax, syntax-semantics interfaces, Romance languages, and Creole languages. Her research focuses on negation, negative concord, and neurolinguistic aspects of language processing. Déprez has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, including seminal works on negation in French, Creole languages, and experimental syntax-semantics interactions. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical methods, exploring topics like syntactic structure, historical linguistics, and the cognitive underpinnings of language. Key research areas include: Experimental investigation of negative concord and negation disambiguation in Romance and Creole languages Structural and semantic properties of Creole languages, particularly Haitian Creole Neurolinguistic studies on syntax-processing interactions with motor systems Language acquisition, including L2 determiner systems and specificity effects Historical development of negative expressions and grammatical features Publications span experimental syntax, formal semantics, and neuroimaging studies, frequently appearing in journals like Lingua , Frontiers in Psychology , and Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages . Her edited volumes on negation and Creole syntax have become foundational texts in linguistic theory. Current research integrates experimental methods with theoretical frameworks to address questions about language universals and variation, with ongoing projects in neurolinguistics and Creole syntax-semantics interfaces.










