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Glenn Starr

  • Teaching Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Education

  • PhD, English Language and Linguistics, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • MA, Applied English Linguistics, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
LINGUIS 440-001 Psycholinguistics TR 2:30pm-3:45pm
LINGUIS 440G-001 Psycholinguistics TR 2:30pm-3:45pm
LINGUIS 468-001 Language in its Various Forms: Pragmatics TR 4pm-5:15pm
LINGUIS 768-001 Language in its Various Forms: Pragmatics TR 4pm-5:15pm

Courses Taught

  • LINGUIS 210 - Power of Words
  • LINGUIS 350 - Introduction to Linguistics
  • LINGUIS 420 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
  • LINGUIS 430 - Language and Society
  • LINGUIS 440 - Psycholinguistics
  • LINGUIS 468 - Topics in Linguistics: Experimental Pragmatics
  • LINGUIS 567 - Materials in ESL Instruction
  • LINGUIS 789 - Practicum in Teaching ESL to Adult Learners

Teaching Interests

  • General linguistics
  • Second language acquisition
  • Experimental pragmatics
  • Psycholinguistics

Research Interests

  • Second language acquisition
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Experimental pragmatics

Selected Publications

Starr, G., & Mazzaggio, G. (2026). The semantics behind the inference: How first language quantifier systems shape scalar reasoning in second language learners. Journal of Memory and Language, 148, 104727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2025.104727
Starr, G. (2025). Maintaining Context or Reacting to It? Cognitive Control Strategy and Awareness of the “Question Under Discussion” in Scalar Implicature Derivation. Quaderni Di Linguistica E Studie Orientali. https://doi.org/10.36253/qulso-2421-7220-18664
Destruel, E., & Starr, G. (2024). Scalar diversity in L2 French speakers: Pragmatic inferences in adjective scales. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualismhttps://doi.org/10.1075/lab.24020.des
Starr, G., & Destruel, E. (2024). A bidirectional study in L2 acquisition of pragmatics: The case of (un-)bounded adjectival scales. Second Language Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1177/02676583241264550
Kwon, J., & Starr, G. (2023). How L1-Chinese L2-English learners perceive English front vowels: A phonological account. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.9282
Starr, G., & Cho, J. (2022). QUD sensitivity in the computation of scalar implicatures in second language acquisition. Language Acquisition, 29(2), 182-197, DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2021.1990930

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