Dr Alexandra Perovic

Senior Lecturer

Linguistics

Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences

Joined UCL: 1st Sep 2009

Research summary

My research focuses on the development of different aspects of syntax and pragmatics in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and Specific Language Impairment, in English and cross-linguistically. I am also interested in bilingual typical and atypical language development.

Teaching summary

I teach clinical linguistics on the MSc Speech and Language Sciences, a professional degree leading to a qualification in speech and language therapy.

I supervise undergraduate and graduate research projects on topics related to language acquisition in typical and atypical development, in English and other languages.