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
