The Multilingual Mind: lecture series on multilingualism across disciplines

Join our online lecture every Tuesday at 17.00 - 18.30 (CET/UTC+01) starting on the 3.11.2020.

During the winter semester 2020/2021, we will be hosting an online lecture series every Tuesday at 17.00 - 18.30 (CET/UTC+01). The speakers will presents research findings on multilingualism across different disciplines, in line with the MultiMind project (linguistics, education, psychology, neuroscience, speech & language pathology). The lecture series is aimed at everyone interessted in Multilingualism. 

Zoom room: zoom.us/j/94531600895 

Programme

3.11.20

Prof Dr Theodoros Marinis (University of Konstanz) & Duygu Özge (Middle East Technical University): How do bilingual children acquire complex syntax in their heritage vs. the majority language: Turkish-English speaking children in the UK

10.11.20

Prof Jeanine Treffers-Daller (University of Reading): Explaining individual differences in Executive Functions performance in multilinguals: the impact of code-switching and alternating between Multicultural Identity Styles

17.11. 20

Sarah von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn, Leticia Pablos Robles and Niels O. Schiller (Leiden University): Cross-linguistic interference in multilingual speakers - an ERP study

24.11.20

Prof Dr Bernhard Brehmer (University of Konstanz): Age effects in bilingual acquisition: Observations from two populations of Polish-German bilingual children

1.12. 20

Prof Ianthi Tsimpli (University of Cambridge): Multilingualism in underprivileged contexts

15.12. 20

Michal Korenar (University of Reading): Bilingualism and creativity: The effects of bilingual experiences of interpreters and translators on cognitive control and creativity

12.1. 21

Jasmijn Bosch (University Milano Bicocca): Predictive processing and cross-linguistic influence in bilingual children

19.1. 21

Dr Maria Luisa Lorusso (IRCCS, Eugenio Medea): Assessment of developmental language and reading disorders in bilingual children

26.1. 21

Prof Philippe Prevost (University of Tours): Is growing up with two languages particularly challenging for autistic children?

2.2. 21

Prof Li Wei (University College London): Translanguaging: Transforming the way we think and talk about language, bilingualism and education

Organisation: Fachbereich Linguistik, Zentrum für Mehrsprachigkeit, Projekt MultiMind

Contact: t.marinis@uni-konstanz.de