Conference Presentations
(recent; see CV for full listing and invited talks)


2023
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice), & Theres Grüter. L1 and L2 Mandarin speakers predict upcoming arguments in dative constructions based on categorical and gradient verb information. AMLaP Asia 2, Hong Kong, December 2023. 
  • Hao, Jiuzhou, Maki Kubota, Fatih Bayram, Jorge González Alonso, Theres Grüter, Muhan Li, & Jason Rothman. Factors conditioning individual differences in heritage language bilingualism: The case of Mandarin sortal classifiers. BUCLD 48, Boston, MA, November 2023. 
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice), & Theres Grüter. L2 and heritage learners of Mandarin use categorical and gradient verb constraints to predict upcoming arguments in dative constructions. BUCLD 48, Boston, MA, November 2023. (poster)
  • Schwartz, Bethany, Christine Fiestas, & Theres Grüter. Morphosyntactic features of child Pidgin in Hawai‘i: First steps towards developing a linguistic profile to inform clinical decision making. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD), University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, June 2023. (poster)
  • Schwartz, Bethany, Kiana-Rae Vendetta, & Theres Grüter. Style-shifting among Hawai‘i Creole (Pidgin) speaking children. 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2023. (poster)
  • Nguyen, Hoan, & Theres Grüter. Facilitative use of classifiers in heritage Vietnamese. Human Sentence Processing (HSP) 2023, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2023. (poster)
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice), & Theres Grüter. Mandarin speakers predict upcoming arguments in dative constructions based on categorical and gradient verb bias. Human Sentence Processing (HSP) 2023, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2023. (poster)

2022​
  • Jackson, Carrie N., Holger Hopp, & Theres Grüter. Syntactically-constrained semantic prediction in L1 and L2 speakers. BUCLD 47, Boston, MA, November 2022. (poster)
  • Grüter, Theres, Jieun Kim, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Jue Wang, Raed Alzahran, Yu-Tzu Chang, Hoan Nguyen, Michaela Nuesser, Akari Ohba, Sachiko Roos & Mayuko Yusa. L2 proficiency modulates attention to the mouth during speech processing: An extended replication of Birulés et al. (2020). BUCLD 47, Boston, MA, November 2022. (poster)
  • Jackson, Carrie N., Holger Hopp, & Theres Grüter. Does word order impact the use of verb argument information in L1 and L2 semantic prediction? 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC), Tromsø, Norway, August 2022.
  • Grüter, Theres, Jieun Kim, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Jue Wang, Raed Alzahran, Yu-Tzu Chang, Hoan Nguyen, Michaela Nuesser, Akari Ohba, Sachiko Roos, Mayuko Yusa & Yanxin (Alice) Zhu. Does proficiency modulate attention to a talker's mouth? An extended replication of Birulés et al. (2020). 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC), Tromsø, Norway, August 2022.
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice) & Theres Grüter. Does structural priming lead to learning? Evidence from classroom learners of Mandarin. International Conference on Error-Driven Learning in Language (EDLL 2022), Universität Tübingen, Germany/online, August 2021.
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice) & Theres Grüter. Can structural priming support L2 learning of the Mandarin dative alternation? The 35th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP), UC Santa Cruz/online, March 2022. (poster)
  • Keppenne, Valerie, Theres Grüter & Carrie N. Jackson. Guessing and/or predicting followed by feedback benefits L2 learners. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Pittsburgh, March 2022.


2021
  • Hopp, Holger & Theres Grüter. Priming L1 interpretations in L2 sentence processing: A visual-world eye-tracking study on the temporal dynamics of L1 effects. EuroSLA, Barcelona, Spain/online, July 2021.
  • Grüter, Theres & Holger Hopp. The asymmetry of crosslinguistic influence in syntactic processing: L1 attrition versus L2 acquisition. 3rd International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC), Nijmegen, the Netherlands/online, June 2021. 
  • Hopp, Holger & Theres Grüter. The time-course of L1 influence during L2 sentence processing: A cross-linguistic syntactic priming study. 3rd International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC), Nijmegen, the Netherlands/online, June 2021. (poster)
  • Nishizawa, Hitoshi & Theres Grüter. Effects of sentential context and nativeness of speaker in processing minimal pitch-accent pairs in Tokyo Japanese. 3rd International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC), Nijmegen, the Netherlands/online, June 2021. (poster)
  • Grüter, Theres, Yanxin (Alice) Zhu & Carrie N. Jackson. Can forcing second language learners to generate prediction errors increase learning? International Conference on Error-Driven Learning in Language (EDLL 2021), Universität Tübingen, Germany/online, March 2021.
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice), Yang Zhao & Theres Grüter. Second language learners' sensitivity to competing alternatives is modulated by proficiency: Evidence from L2 Mandarin. International Conference on Error-Driven Learning in Language (EDLL 2021), Universität Tübingen, Germany/online, March 2021.
  • Grüter, Theres, Yanxin (Alice) Zhu & Carrie N. Jackson. Having to predict a (native or non-native) partner's utterance increases adaptation in L2. CUNY 2021: 34th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, University of Pennsylvania/online, March 2021. (short talk)
  • Jackson, Carrie N., Holger Hopp, & Theres Grüter. Effects of word order on L1 and L2 semantic prediction. CUNY 2021: 34th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, University of Pennsylvania/online, March 2021. (short talk)

2020
  • Zhu, Yanxin (Alice), Yang Zhao & Theres Grüter. Proficiency modulates L2 Mandarin speakers' sensitivity to competing alternatives in the judgment of novel constructions. Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Vanderbilt University/online, October 2020.

2019​
  • Grüter, Theres & Holger Hopp. Evidence for the resilience of syntactic processing to L1 attrition. BUCLD 44, Boston, MA, November 2019.
  • Ling, Wenyi & Theres Grüter. Learning words with lexical tone: Is manipulation of attentional focus beneficial? BUCLD 44, Boston, MA, November 2019. (poster)
  • Schwartz, Bethany F., Christine E. Fiestas, Katie Drager & Theres Grüter. Tense and finiteness in contemporary child Pidgin (Hawai'i Creole). BUCLD 44, Boston, MA, November 2019. (poster)
  • Grüter, Theres & Holger Hopp. Cross-linguistic influence on the interpretation of ambiguous wh-questions: L1 transfer but no L1 attrition. CUNY 2019: 32rd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, March 2019. (poster)
  • Kim, Hyunwoo & Theres Grüter. Crosslinguistic influence modulates L2 speakers’ offline but not online processing of implicit causality. CUNY 2019: 32rd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, March 2019. (poster)