▁based ▁on ▁s ynt actic ▁asym met ries ▁and ▁semantic ▁composition ality . ▁ ▁Her ▁contributions ▁to ▁Bi ol ingu istics ▁target ▁the ▁sens itivity ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁brain ▁to ▁morph o - s ynt actic ▁asym met ries ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁experience ▁on ▁morph o - s ynt actic ▁variation . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁her ▁publications ▁in ▁Bra in ▁and ▁Language ▁and ▁B MC ▁E volution ary ▁Bi ology , ▁she ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁four ▁volumes ▁on ▁Bi ol ingu istics , ▁Crit ical ▁concepts ▁in ▁L ingu istics ▁covering ▁major ▁contributions ▁in ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁she ▁has ▁directed ▁Major ▁Coll abor ative ▁Research ▁In iti atives ▁highly ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁Social ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Human ities ▁Research ▁Council ▁of ▁Canada ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁F onds ▁de ▁recherche ▁du ▁Québec . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁she ▁founded ▁the ▁Federation ▁on ▁Natural ▁Language ▁Process ing , ▁bringing ▁together ▁main ▁actors ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁theoretical ▁lingu istics , ▁computational ▁lingu istics ▁and ▁information ▁technology , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁she ▁founded ▁the ▁International ▁Network ▁on ▁Bi ol ingu istics , ▁brid ging ▁bi ology , ▁lingu istics ▁and ▁bio in format ics . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁received ▁numerous ▁dist in ctions ▁and ▁awards , ▁including ▁the ▁following . ▁She ▁has ▁been ▁elected ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁of ▁Canada ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁Research ▁Award ▁of ▁the