Diane C. Lillo-Martin

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics

Diane Lillo-Martin studies how children acquire their native language. Her latest research focuses on young children who are learning both spoken and sign language, so-called “bimodal bilinguals.” She also studies language acquisition by deaf children with cochlear implants.

She is editor-in-chief of the journal Language Acquisition and is a member of the Board of Corporators of the American School for the Deaf.

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For more information: http://www.linguistics.uconn.edu/old/lillo.htm