Jean Costa-Silva

I have a PhD from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Georgia. My research focuses on Second Language Acquisition and Cognitive Linguistics. I primarily investigate how English-Portuguese learners acquire motion encoding lexicalization patterns in their additional language. I am also interested in syntax, semantics, multilingualism, and teaching linguistics. I worked under the supervision of Dr. Vera Lee-Schoenfeld.

I am currently a Transition to the Professoriate Scholar (formerly SEC Emerging Scholars) dedicated entirely to my research on language acquisition.

I am the founder/coordinator of Second Language Acquisition and Cognition (SLAC) Lab.