B.A. (Hons) in Psychology, University of Stirling (Scotland)
Ph.D. in Psychology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language acquisition and processing, Developmental Neuroscience of Language and Cognition, Cross-cultural studies of numerical cognition and linguistic knowledge. Infant event representations and verb argument structure, Behavioral Genetics of Language, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of brain functioning in language processing.
Field Research
Piraha villages, Maici River, Amazonia, Brazil: June 1991; June - August 1992; June 1993. Kadiweu reservation, Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil: August, 1995
Gordon, P. (in press, 2013) Numerical Cognition and Language Development. Encyclopedia of Language Development (in Press)
Khamis-Dakwar, R., Froud, K. & Gordon, P. (2012). Acquiring diglossia: Mutual influences of formal and colloquial Arabic on children's grammaticality judgments. Journal of Child Language, 39 (1), 61-89.
Gordon, P. (2010). Worlds without words: Commensurability and Causality in Language, Culture and Cognition. In B. Malt and P. Wolff (Eds.) Words and the Mind. How Words Capture Human Experience. New York: Oxford University Press.
Year, J.E. & Gordon, P. (2009). Korean speakers’ acquisition of the English ditransitive construction: The role of verb prototype, input distribution, and frequency. Modern Language Journal, 93, 399-417.
Gordon, P. (2009). Language and Consciousness. In W. Banks (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Consciousness, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Gordon, P. (2008). Look Ma, no fingers! Are children numerical solipsists? Brain and Behavioral Sciences,31, 654-655
Gordon, P., & Miozzo, M. (2008) Can word formation be understood or understanded by semantics alone? Cognitive Psychology,56, 30-72.
Ganger, J., Dunn, S. & Gordon, P. (2005) Genes take over when the input fails: Findings from a twin study of the passive. Online proceedings of the 27th Boston University Conference on Language Development.
Miozzo, M. & Gordon, P. (2005) Facts, Events and Inflection: When Language and Memory Dissociate, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 7, 1074-1086.
Gordon, P. (2005) Author's Response to "Crying Whorf". Science, 307, 1722.
Gordon, P. (2004) Numerical Cognition without Words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science, 306, 496-499. First appeared in Science Express, online publication August 16th 2004.
Gordon, P. (2004) Supplementary online materials to "Numerical Cognition without Words: Evidence from Amazonia." Science Online. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1094492/DC1
Gordon, P. (2003) The origin of argument structure in infant event representations. Proceedings of the 26th Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, Mass: Cascadilla Press.
Gordon, P. & Alegre, M. (1999) Is there a dual system for regular inflections? Brain and Language. 68 , 212-217.
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1999) Rule-Based Versus Associative Processes in Derivational Morphology. Brain and Language. 68, 347-354
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1999) Frequency effects and the representational status of regular inflections. Journal of Memory and Language, 40, 41-61.
Sandalo F. & Gordon, P. (1999). Acquisition and creolization of Condition C "violations" in Kadiweu and Portuguese. Cadernos de Estudos Linguisticos , 36. Campinas, Brazil: Departamento de Linguistica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Krackow, E. & Gordon, P. (1998). Are lions and tigers substitutes or associates? Evidence against slot filler accounts of children's early categorization. Child Development, 69, 347-354.
Chung, T.R. & Gordon, P. (1998). The Acquisition of Chinese Dative Constructions. Procedings of the 22nd Boston University Conference on Language Development. Sommerville, Mass: Cascadilla Press.
Sandalo F. & Gordon, P. (1997). Acquisition and creolization of Condition C "violations" in Kadiweu and Portuguese. Procedings of the 21st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Sommerville, Mass: Cascadilla Press.
Gordon, P. (1996). The truth-value judgment task. In D. McDaniel, C. McKee, H. Cairns (Eds.) Methods for assessing children's syntax. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1996). Red rats eater exposes recursion in children's word formation. Cognition, 60, 65-82.
Gordon, P. (1994). Level-ordering in lexical development. In P. Bloom (Ed.) Language Acquisition: Core Readings. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Gordon, P. & Chafetz, J. (1991). Verb-based vs. class-based accounts of actionality effects in children's comprehension of the passive. Cognition, 36, 227-254.
Gordon, P. (1990). Learnability and feedback. Developmental Psychology, 26, 217-220.
Gordon, P. (1989). Levels of affixation in the acquisition of English morphology. Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 519-530.
Gordon, P. (1988). Count/mass category acquisition: Distributional distinctions in children's speech. Journal of Child Language, 15, 109-128.
Gordon, P. (1986). Level-ordering in lexical development. Cognition, 21, 73‑93.
Gordon, P. (1985). Evaluating the semantic categories hypothesis: The case of the count/mass distinction. Cognition, 20, 209-242.
American Psychological Society (APA)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)
Society for Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD)
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
International Society for Infant Studies (ISIS)
International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA)
Acquisition of adjective agreement in spanish children with and without language impairment. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship to Peter Gordon, 1987-1988.
Sloan Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Science to Peter Gordon, Sloan Foundation.
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PUBLICATIONS
Gordon, P. (in press, 2013) Numerical Cognition and Language Development. Encyclopedia of Language Development (in Press)
Khamis-Dakwar, R., Froud, K. & Gordon, P. (2012). Acquiring diglossia: Mutual influences of formal and colloquial Arabic on children's grammaticality judgments. Journal of Child Language, 39 (1), 61-89.
Gordon, P. (2010). Worlds without words: Commensurability and Causality in Language, Culture and Cognition. In B. Malt and P. Wolff (Eds.) Words and the Mind. How Words Capture Human Experience. New York: Oxford University Press.
Year, J.E. &
Gordon, P. (2009). Korean speakers’ acquisition of the English ditransitive
construction: The role of verb prototype, input distribution, and frequency.
Modern Language Journal, 93,
399-417.
Gordon, P. (2009). Language and Consciousness. In W. Banks (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Consciousness, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Gordon, P., & Miozzo, M. (2008) Can word formation be understood or understanded by semantics alone? Cognitive Psychology,56, 30-72.
Ganger, J., Dunn, S. & Gordon, P. (2005) Genes take over when the input fails: Findings from a twin study of the passive. Online proceedings of the 27th Boston University Conference on Language Development.
Miozzo, M. & Gordon, P. (2005) Facts, Events and Inflection: When Language and Memory Dissociate, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 7, 1074-1086.
Gordon, P. (2005) Author's Response to "Crying Whorf". Science, 307, 1722.
Gordon, P. (2004) Numerical Cognition without Words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science, 306, 496-499. First appeared in Science Express, online publication
Gordon, P. (2004) Supplementary online materials to "Numerical Cognition without Words: Evidence from
Gordon, P. (2003) The origin of argument structure in infant event representations. Proceedings of the 26th
Gordon, P. & Alegre, M. (1999) Is there a dual system for regular inflections? Brain and Language. 68 , 212-217.
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1999) Rule-Based Versus Associative Processes in Derivational Morphology. Brain and Language. 68, 347-354
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1999) Frequency effects and the representational status of regular inflections. Journal of Memory and Language, 40, 41-61.
Sandalo F. & Gordon, P. (1999). Acquisition and creolization of Condition C "violations" in Kadiweu and Portuguese. Cadernos de Estudos Linguisticos , 36. Campinas, Brazil: Departamento de Linguistica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Krackow, E. & Gordon, P. (1998). Are lions and tigers substitutes or associates? Evidence against slot filler accounts of children's early categorization. Child Development, 69, 347-354.
Chung, T.R. & Gordon, P. (1998). The Acquisition of Chinese Dative Constructions. Procedings of the 22nd
Sandalo F. & Gordon, P. (1997). Acquisition and creolization of Condition C "violations" in Kadiweu and Portuguese. Procedings of the 21st
Gordon, P. (1996). The truth-value judgment task. In D. McDaniel, C. McKee, H. Cairns (Eds.) Methods for assessing children's syntax.
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1996). Red rats eater exposes recursion in children's word formation. Cognition, 60, 65-82.
Gordon, P. (1994). Level-ordering in lexical development. In P. Bloom (Ed.) Language Acquisition: Core
Gordon, P. & Chafetz, J. (1991). Verb-based vs. class-based accounts of actionality effects in children's comprehension of the passive. Cognition, 36, 227-254.
Gordon, P. (1990). Learnability and feedback. Developmental Psychology, 26, 217-220.
Gordon, P. (1989). Levels of affixation in the acquisition of English morphology. Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 519-530.
Gordon, P. (1988). Count/mass category acquisition: Distributional distinctions in children's speech. Journal of Child Language, 15, 109-128.
Gordon, P. (1986). Level-ordering in lexical development. Cognition, 21, 73‑93.
Gordon, P. (1985). Evaluating the semantic categories hypothesis: The case of the count/mass distinction. Cognition, 20, 209-242.
Paper prepared in 1999, not published. Do not cite without permission
This file contains a video of eye tracking on a 12 mnth old viewing the GIVE w/ and GIVE w/o videos in PGs event structure experiments
The Acquisition of Syntactic Categories The Case of the Count/Mass Distinction PhD dissertation from MIT (1982) Advisor: Susan Carey
This file contains a video of eye tracking on a 12 mnth old viewing the HUG w/ and HUG w/o videos in PGs event structure experiments
This movie shows a Piraha participant using fingers and Piraha count words to enumerate quantities
Piraha participant attempts to imitate the number of knocks
Gordon, P. (2005) Author’s Response to “Crying Whorf”. Science, 307, 1722
Facts, Events and Inflection: When Language and Memory Dissociate
Various scenes from everyday Piraha village
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1999) Rule-Based Versus Associative Processes in Derivational Morphology. Brain and Language. 68, 347-354
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1999) Frequency effects and the representational status of regular inflections. Journal of Memory and Language, 40, 41-61.
Sandalo F. & Gordon, P. (1997). Acquisition and creolization of Condition C “violations” in Kadiweu and Portuguese. Procedings of the 21st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Sommerville, Mass: Cascadilla Press.
Miozzo, M. & Gordon, P. (In press, 2005) Facts, Events and Inflection: When Language and Memory Dissociate, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Gordon, P. & Alegre, M. (1999) Is there a dual system for regular inflections? Brain and Language. 68 , 212-217.
Gordon, P. (2004) Numerical Cognition without Words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science, 306, 496-499. First appeared in Science Express, online publication August 16th 2004.
Gordon, P. (1989). Levels of affixation in the acquisition of English morphology. Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 519-530.
Ganger, J., Dunn, S. & Gordon, P. (To be published, 2005) Genes take over when the input fails: Findings from a twin study of the passive. Online proceedings of the 27th Boston University Conference on Language Development
Gordon, P. (1996). The truth-value judgement task. In D. McDaniel, C. McKee, H. Cairns (Eds.) Methods for assessing children's syntax. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Alegre, M. & Gordon, P. (1996). Red rats eater exposes recursion in children’s word formation. Cognition, 60, 65-82.
Chung, T.R. & Gordon, P. (1998). The Acquisition of Chinese Dative Constructions. Procedings of the 22nd Boston University Conference on Language Development. Sommerville, Mass: Cascadilla Press
Gordon & Miozzo (in press, 2007) Cognitive Psychology