Welcome to the Centre for Multilingualism
Our aims are
- To conduct interdisciplinary research on multilingualism.
- To integrate research into teaching.
- To provide training and support to young researchers.
- To transfer research outcomes to professionals within the education and health sectors and to provide advice to families.
The Multilingual Mind: Online lecture series on multilingualism across disciplines
The lecture series "The Multilingual Mind: Online lecture series on multilingualism across disciplines" will start on the 2nd of November 2021 and will run until February 2022. The lectures will take place every Tuesday from 17.00 until 18.30 (CET/UTC+01).
The lecture series is organised by the Department of Linguistics and Centre for Multilingualism at the University of Konstanz and the Multilingual Mind project. This semester the lectures will be hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Jagiellonian University, University of Konstanz, University Milano-Bicocca, and University of Reading. As in the previous semesters, the speakers will present 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.
To attend the lecture series, please click here to register and to receive an e-mail with the Zoom link.
Programme
02.11.2021
Sergio Soares (University of Konstanz): Neurophysiological oscillatory correlates of heritage bilingualism
09.11.2021
Daniela S. Avila-Varela (Pompeu Fabra University): Cross-language phonological overlap in bilingual toddlers
16.11.2021
Desiré Carioti (University Milano Bicocca): A Reading-Free Tool for the screening of developmental dyslexia in monolingual and minority language children
23.11.2021
Elena Soare (University of Paris 8 & CNRS): The acquisition of the morphosyntax of Heritage Romanian in a dominant French setting
30.11.2021
Tess Fitzpatrick (Swansea University): Applied linguistics in minoritised language contexts: three case studies from Wales
14.12.2021
Juhayna Taha (University Milano Bicocca): What is wrong with rhythm in developmental dyslexia?
11.01.2022
Ana Belén García Gámez (University of Algarve): Gestures as scaffolding to learn vocabulary in a foreign language
18.01.2022
Narly Golestani (University of Geneva): Language processing in the healthy, multilingual and expert brain
25.01.2022
Konstantina Olioumtsevits (Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki): Properties of the L2 lexicon in refugee children: Evidence from a word association task in Greek
01.02.2022
Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St Louis): Patterned effects of acoustically varied input on vocabulary learning and speech processing