Ehsan Solaimani

Profile

Biography
Ehsan Solaimani’s research interests include psycholinguistics and second language acquisition, as well as innovative approaches to statistical analysis. Before joining the University of York, Ehsan worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Section of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Career
University of Fribourg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Section of Medicine

University of Essex
PhD in Psycholinguistics

University of Tehran
MA in Applied Linguistics

Departmental roles
Programme Leader – MA in Applied Linguistics
EEG Lab Lead

Research

Overview
My research focuses on the interface between working memory and second language (L2) processing, particularly in the comprehension of syntactically complex structures. I investigate how executive functions, such as working memory and inhibitory control, influence real-time processing of L2 morphosyntax. Additionally, I explore computational models of second language processing to simulate and predict reaction times and accuracy across various linguistic conditions. More recently, I have developed a secondary interest in bilingualism in children, examining how bilingual environments shape language development and processing.

Collaborators
Monika Schimd (York, UK)
Florence Myles (Essex, UK)
Laurel Lawyer (UC Davis, USA)
Ian Cunnings (Reading, UK)
Stephanie Durrleman (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Hamideh Marefat (Tehran, Iran)

Available Projects
I would be able to supervise research projects on sentence processing and second language
acquisition.

Teaching

Undergraduate
Language Acquisition (LAN00064I)

Postgraduate
First and Second Language Acquisition (LAN00092M)
Foundations of Applied Linguistics Research (LAN00113M)
Quantitative Methods (LAN00098M)

Invited talks and conferences

Recent conference presentations
Bilingualism, Working Memory, and Relative Clause Comprehension in Children. BUCLD 49.

Testing the Interpretability Hypothesis: evidence from the L2 processing of relative clauses by Persian and French learners of L2 English. GASLA 16.

L2 processing of English long-distance relative clauses is not shallow: evidence from highly advanced adult L1 French and L1 Persian speakers. AmLaP 28.

Workshops
Doctoral Workshop on Statistical GLMM Analysis (2024). University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Doctoral Workshop on Advanced Statistics in Psycholinguistics (2024). University of Tehran, Iran.