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Jill de Villiers

Jill G. de Villiers (born 1948) is a developmental psychologist known for her work in the field of language acquisition.[1] She is the Sophia and Austin Smith Professor Emerita of Psychology and Philosophy at Smith College.[2] de Villiers is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In 2018, she was elected as a Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1]

Jill de Villiers
Occupation(s)Professor Emerita of Psychology and Philosophy
AwardsElected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Reading; Harvard University
Academic work
InstitutionsSmith College

de Villiers and her colleagues have developed critical tools for language assessment including the Quick Interactive Language Screener (QUILS),[3] which is a computerized preschool language assessment, and the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation (DELV), which aims to provide assessment for speakers of English dialects such as African-American English.[4][5]

Biography edit

de Villiers completed her B.S. degree in psychology from the University of Reading in 1969.[2] She attended graduate school at Harvard University where she obtained her Ph.D in experimental psychology at 1974 under the supervision of Roger Brown.[6] After graduating, she taught at Harvard University for 8 years before moving to Smith College in 1971. At Smith, she received the Honored Professor award in 2003 and the Faculty Teaching award in 2002.[2]

de Villiers work focuses on language acquisition, with a specific focus on young children's ability to use words and sentences to communicate with others. Her many contributions include studies of language acquisition in oral deaf children[7] and relationships between language development and theory of mind.[8][9] de Villiers' research has been funded by the March of Dimes,[10] National Science Foundation,[11] the Institute of Education Sciences,[12] and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.[13]

Books edit

  • de Villiers, J. G., & de Villiers, P. A. (1978). Language acquisitions . Harvard University Press.
  • de Villiers, J., & Roeper, T. (Eds.). (2011). Handbook of generative approaches to language acquisition. Springer Science & Business Media.

Representative publications edit

  • de Villiers, J. G. (2007). The interface of language and theory of mind. Lingua , 117 (11), 1858–1878.
  • de Villiers, J. G., & de Villiers, P. A. (1973). A cross-sectional study of the acquisition of grammatical morphemes in child speech. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2(3), 267–278.
  • de Villiers, J. G., & de Villiers, P. A. (1973). Development of the use of word order in comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2(4), 331–341.
  • de Villiers, J. G., Flusberg, H. B. T., Hakuta, K., & Cohen, M. (1979). Children's comprehension of relative clauses. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 8(5), 499–518.
  • de Villiers, J. G., & Pyers, J. E. (2002). Complements to cognition: A longitudinal study of the relationship between complex syntax and false-belief-understanding. Cognitive Development , 17 (1), 1037–1060.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Jill G. de Villiers". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Jill de Villiers". www.smith.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ^ Reighard, Jessica. "Learn more about the team of experts behind QUILS". QUILS. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ Learning, Ventris. "DELV™". Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. ^ de Villiers, Jill (2003). Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Criterion Referenced: Record Forms, 25. ISBN 978-0158092034.
  6. ^ The Development of language and language researchers : essays in honor of Roger Brown. Brown, Roger, 1925–1997., Kessel, Frank S. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates. 1988. ISBN 0-89859-906-7. OCLC 16682085.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Schick, Brenda; Villiers, Peter De; Villiers, Jill De; Hoffmeister, Robert (2007). "Language and Theory of Mind: A Study of Deaf Children". Child Development. 78 (2): 376–396. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01004.x. ISSN 1467-8624. PMID 17381779.
  8. ^ de Villiers, Jill G.; de Villiers, Peter A. (2014). "The Role of Language in Theory of Mind Development". Topics in Language Disorders. 34 (4): 313–328. doi:10.1097/TLD.0000000000000037. ISSN 0271-8294.
  9. ^ "Can Language Acquisition Give Children a Point of View? - Oxford Scholarship". oxford.universitypressscholarship.com. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159912.003.0010. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. ^ de Villiers, Jill; Bibeau, Lynne; Ramos, Eliane; Gatty, Janice (1993). "Gestural communication in oral deaf mother-child pairs: Language with a helping hand?". Applied Psycholinguistics. 14 (3): 319–347. doi:10.1017/S0142716400010821. ISSN 1469-1817. S2CID 145711111.
  11. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#0527509 - Epistemology and Indexicality in English, Tibetan and Navajo". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  12. ^ "Inside IES Research | Computerized Preschool Language Assessment Extends to Toddlers". ies.ed.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  13. ^ Schick, Brenda; de Villiers, Peter; de Villiers, Jill; Hoffmeister, Robert (2007). "Language and Theory of Mind: A Study of Deaf Children". Child Development. 78 (2): 376–396. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01004.x. ISSN 0009-3920. PMID 17381779.

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