Dr. Kazuko Yatsushiro is a senior researcher in the Research Area 2 'Language Development & Multilingualism'. She is also involved in the DFG-ANR project Boolean Connectors: Investigating the Interplay between Language and Logic / FB3.

Her research focuses on the theoretical investigation of language acquisition, especially in the areas of syntax (relative clauses and Wh-questions), semantics, pragmatics and their interfaces. She is particularly interested in the effect of alternative expressions and constructions in language production and speech comprehension in children.