PAPERS (since 2017):

Coppola. M. & C. Langdon. (2020). Language is critical for numeracy. Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf. Philadelphia, PA. [Conference cancelled due to COVID-19]

Gagne, D., Senghas, A. & M. Coppola (2019). The influence of same-age peers on language emergence. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Hamburg, Germany.

Carrigan, E. & M. Coppola. (2019). ‘Iconic’ Number Signs Do Not Hasten Acquisition of Number Knowledge.  Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Hamburg, Germany.

Contreras, J., Carrigan, E., Shusterman, A. & M. Coppola (2018). Language modality doesn’t affect number concept development, but timing of language exposure does: Insights from deaf children acquiring signed and spoken language. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Szarkowski, A., Coppola, M., Dicker, M. Gibbons, S. & D. Eng (2018). Brain Architecture: Utilizing Audiological, Psychological, and Linguistic Science With Children With Reduced Hearing. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Giovannone, N., Fitzroy, A., Richie, R., Jasińska, K., Wood, S., Landi, N., Coppola, M. & M. Breen. (2018). Prosodic phrase boundary processing in native signers of ASL. Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody (ETAP) 4, Amherst, MA.

Kocab, A., Senghas, A., Coppola, M. & J. Snedeker. (2017). The emergence of recursion: Evidence from Nicaraguan Sign Language and homesign. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Richie, R., Hall, M., Coppola, M. & W. Tabor. (2017). Conventionalization and reduction in an emerging communication system: An experimental and computational modeling investigation. CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Cambridge, MA.

POSTERS (since 2017):

Montemurro, K., Flaherty, M., Coppola,  M., Goldin-Meadow, S. & D. Brentari. (2020). The emergence of spatial modulation in Nicaraguan Sign Language. The Language of Evolution & The Evolution of Language. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Montemurro, K., Flaherty, M., Coppola,  M., Goldin-Meadow, S. & D. Brentari. (2020). The role of animacy and location in spatial modulation in two sign languages. Linguistic Society of America, New Orleans, LA.

Quam, M., Santos, S., Walker, K., Carrigan, E., Shusterman, A. & M. Coppola. (2020). Delayed first language exposure negatively impacts object tracking: Evidence from Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society. [Presented online due to COVID-19]

Brentari, D. K., Ergin, R., Senghas, A. & M. Coppola. (2019). How quickly does phonology emerge in a “village” vs. “community” sign language? Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference, Hamburg, Germany.

Carrigan, E. & M. Coppola (2019). Assistive listening technologies are not enough: Evidence from Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children’s receptive vocabulary skills. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Carrigan, E., Shusterman, A. & M. Coppola. (2019). Signed or spoken number word knowledge predicts deaf and hard of hearing children’s numeracy skills. Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Eigsti, I. M., Coppola, M., Coulter, K., Lory Hector, B., Henner, J., Keenan, E.G., Lerner, M.D., Porto, K. & R. J. Steiner. (2019). Community engagement in deafness and autism research: Organizer experiences. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

Gagne, D., Senghas, A., Flagg, C. & M. Coppola. (2019). Characteristic heritage language use in an emerging language: Evidence from morphosyntax and syntax. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Santos, S., Brownell, H., Coppola, M., Shusterman, A. & S. Cordes. (2019). Non-symbolic number processing in children with hearing loss. Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society, Ottawa, Canada.

Montemurro, K., Flaherty, M., Coppola, M., Goldin-Meadow, S. & D. Brentari. 2019. Sign language spatial modulation across sociohistoric contexts. NWAV48 (New Ways of Analyzing Variation), Eugene, Oregon.

Gagne, D., Goico, S., Pyers, J. & M. Coppola. (2018). False belief understanding requires language experience, but its precursor abilities do not. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Giovannone, N., Fitzroy, A. B., Richie, R., Jasińska, K., Wood, S., Landi, N., Coppola, M. & M. Breen. (2018). Prosodic phrase boundary processing in native signers of ASL. Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.

Montemurro, K., Flaherty, M., Coppola, M., Goldin­Meadow, S. & D. Brentari. (2018). Grammaticalization of the body and space in Nicaraguan Sign Language. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Gagne, D., Senghas, A. & M. Coppola. (2017). Peer interaction is necessary for full conventionalization of space in an emerging language: Evidence from hearing children of Nicaraguan signers. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Jenkins, T., Coelho, C. & M. Coppola. (2017). The role of semantic gesture content in macro- linguistic production in anomic aphasia. Academy of Aphasia, Baltimore, MD.

Jenkins, T., Coelho, C., & M. Coppola. (2017). The role of semantic gesture content in macro- linguistic production in anomic aphasia. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Snowbird, UT.