- Faculty
Megan Solon
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Assistant Research Scientist
Education
Indiana University, Ph.D., 2015
Indiana University, M.A., 2011
Miami University, M.A., 2007
Miami University, B.A., 2007
Background
Recent Position
Research
My research focuses on Spanish language and linguistics. I am involved with the construction of dual-language measures for ongoing CRRHSI research and assist with the integration and analysis of Spanish language data.
Selected Publications
Articles
Park, H., Solon, M., Henderson, C., & Dehghan Chaleshtori, M. (2020). The roles of working memory and oral language abilities in elicited imitation performance. Modern Language Journal, 104, 133-151.
Solon, M., Park, H., Henderson, C., & Dehghan-Chaleshtori, M. (2019). Revisiting the Spanish elicited imitation task: A tool for assessing advanced language learners? Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 41, 1027-1053.
Solon, M. (2018). The second language acquisition of Spanish sounds. In K. L. Geeslin (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish linguistics (pp. 668-688). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Solon, M., Long, A., & Gurzynski-Weiss, L. (2017). Task complexity, language-related episodes, and production of L2 Spanish vowels. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 39, 347-380.
Solon, M. (2017). Do learners lighten up? Phonetic and allophonic acquisition of Spanish /l/ by English-speaking learners. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 39, 801-832.
Books
Geeslin, K. L., Long, A. Y., & Solon, M. (in press). The acquisition of Spanish as a second language: Foundations and new developments. Routledge.