Research Interests
Second language acquisition, experimental semantics, syntax/semantics interface
Additional Campus Affiliations
Head, Linguistics
Professor, Linguistics
Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Professor, Program in Jewish Culture and Society
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Professor, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
External Links
Highlighted Publications
Ionin, T., & Luchkina, T. (2018). Focus on russian scope: An experimental investigation of the relationship between quantifier scope, prosody, and information structure. Linguistic Inquiry, 49(4), 741-779. https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00288
Recent Publications
Ionin, T. (2026). Defining and testing multiple grammars. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 16(2), 129-132. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.25029.ion
Ionin, T., & Montrul, S. (2026). New frontiers and connections in second language acquisition: Introduction. In T. Ionin, & S. Montrul (Eds.), New Frontiers and Connections in Second Language Acquisition: Selected Proceedings of the 17th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17) Conference (pp. 1-6). (New Frontiers and Connections in Second Language Acquisition; Vol. 71). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.71.intro
Ionin, T. (2026). Sensitivity to missing plural marking in L2 English: A role for cross-linguistic influence? Second Language Research, 42(2), 249-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583251389436
Ionin, T., & Luchkina, T. (2026). THE ACQUISITION OF RUSSIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: A Research Overview. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003438694
Wu, M. J., & Ionin, T. (2026). The effect of input flooding and explicit instruction on L2 acquisition of English inverse scope. Language Teaching Research, 30(2), 771-800. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231153759