Frank Wijnen
Dep. Languages, Literature and Communication - Linguistics
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
My interest is based on two related psycholinguistic issues; (1) What are the (neurocognitive) processes that underlie (undamaged) language acquisition? (2) How does acquiring language knowledge relate to the (learning) use of this knowledge, ie processing / understanding and production. It is obvious to me to see disorders in language acquisition, language production or language processing as a natural laboratory, where (parts of) answers to the mentioned questions can be found. At the same time, a better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning language pathologies can be gained. This can contribute to innovation or rationalization of, for example, clinical-linguistic or logopedic diagnostics, with regard to dyslexia.
Research Interest
Neuroscience & Cognition Utrecht
Publications
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Grama, Ileana C., Kerkhoff, Annemarie & Wijnen, Frank (09-02-2016). Gleaning Structure from Sound - The Role of Prosodic Contrast in Learning Non-Related Dependencies . Journal of Psycholinguistic Research , (pp. 1-23) (23 p.).
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de Boer, JN, Heringa, SM, van Dellen, E., Wijnen, F. NK & Sommer, I. EC (01-11-2016). Een linguïstische vergelijking tussen auditory verbale hallucinaties bij patiënten met een psychotische stoornis en bij nonpsychotic personen - Niet alleen wat de stemmen zeggen, maar hoe ze zeggen . Brain and Language , 162, (pp. 10-18) (9 p.).
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de Bree, EH & Wijnen, FNK (2016). Become stress competence and literacy in Dutch children with a family risk of dyslexia and children with dyslexia. In J. Thomson & L. Jarmulowicz (Eds.), Linguistic Rhythm and Literacy (pp. 135-162). Amsterdam: Johns Benjamins Publishing Company.
