Overview
- The lab was inaugurated on November 10 by Director V. Kamakoti within the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- IIT Madras describes it as India’s first facility dedicated to experimental linguistics centered on the country’s linguistic diversity.
- Initial research deploys behavioral experiments to test linguistic theories in Indian languages.
- Current work includes studies on grammatical voice and copula constructions, with dyslexia research on Indian children prepared to commence.
- Funding support comes from IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation and Aspire Infolab, with collaboration signaled with CeRAI and longer-term plans for EEG and TMS.