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Nicholas Tippenhauer

Graduate Student
Research Area: Developmental Science


language development; word learning; language production; cognitive development

Nick is interested in language acquisition, development, and production. He is particularly interested in what information young children attend to and remember when they are exposed to a new word. In addition, Nick is  interested in the factors that influence children's tendencies to ask questions about word meanings. He is also interested in how children respond to disfluencies in speech. Finally, he is interested in differences in how speakers talk to children and adults. 

 

 

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Representative Publications

Publications

Tippenhauer, N., & Saylor, M. M. (2019). Effects of context variability on 2-year-olds’ fact and word learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 179, 248–259. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.11.011


Presentations

Sun, Y., Jimenez, S. R., Tippenhauer, N., & Saylor, M. M. (2018). Preschoolers evaluate information about word meaning. Poster presented at the 40th Cognitive Science Society Meeting. Madison, WI.

Tippenhauer, N.,& Saylor, M. M. (2018). Context variability in learning. Poster presented at the 40th Cognitive Science Society Meeting. Madison, WI.

Tippenhauer, N., Jacobs, C. L., & Watson, D. G. (2018). Production predictions: Word duration under two theories. Poster presented at the 31stCUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing. Davis, CA.

Sun, Y., Jimenez, S. R., Tippenhauer, N., & Saylor, M. M. (2017). Preschoolers’ evaluations of definitions. Poster presented at the Biennial Cognitive Development Society Meeting. Portland, OR.

Tippenhauer, N.,& Saylor, M. M. (2017). Different context, same learning: 2-year-olds’ robust word learning across contexts. Poster presented at the Biennial Cognitive Development Society Meeting. Portland, OR. 

 

Honors

2016 Senior Thesis Prize in Linguistics, Princeton University 

Princeton University Program in Linguistics Research Funding ($2250)

Princeton University Office of the Dean of the College Thesis Funding ($2150)