I'm a cognitive scientist who studies and writes about language and communication. How can people learn a second language in adulthood? What makes cross-cultural communication difficult? How does our language ability change as we get older? My first three books examined these questions. I wrote them with a former student who now works as a diplomat for the U.S. Department of State. My most recent book, all about irony and sarcasm, was published by The MIT Press in 2020. |