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Laura Wagner

Psychology · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1991Rising activity
Language Development and DisordersChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentReading and Literacy DevelopmentSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Publications

91

Citations

1,801

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

35

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
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Laura Wagner studies how children acquire and use language, including how they understand grammar, dialects, speech, and social meaning conveyed through talk. Her work spans experimental studies of child language development, sociolinguistic perception across the lifespan, and public communication of linguistic science, often using speech corpora and behavioral tasks with children and adults.

Child language acquisitionSociolinguistic perception and dialect developmentSpeech and communication in childrenPublic engagement and science communication in linguisticsCognitive development and conceptual understanding

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade but shows a resurgence in 2023-2024 after a dip around 2021-2022, with an average of about 3-4 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 7 publications7232024: 6 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cognition×2
  • Speech Communication×2
  • Cognitive Development×2
  • Journal of Child Language×2
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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