Anna Wolleb will be defending her dissertation Syntactic representations in the bilingual mind: the role of executive function and pragmatics in cross-language priming on December 10. In that connection the LAVA research group will organize a small workshop in her honor.
Date: December 11, 2015
Place: E-0105
PROGRAM
TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE |
10:00-10:45 | Ludovica Serratrice (Manchester) | Executive function skills and gradient bilingualism |
10:45-11:30 | Holly Branigan (Edinburgh | Learning as we talk: Persistent and cumulative structural priming in adult-child dialogues |
11:30-11:45 | Coffee & fruit | |
11:45-12:30 | Øystein Vangsnes (Tromsø | The effect of bidialectal literacy on cognitive and scholastic development |
12:30-13:15 | Antonella Sorace (Edinburgh) | Effects of bilingualism on language and cognition: advantages, disadvantages, or neither? |
13:30-15:00 | LUNCH (IN TOWN) |
There is no registration fee – in fact, there is no registration. However, if you would like to participate in the lunch (covered by the LAVA research group), please send an e-mail to Sølvi Riise (solvi.riise@uit.no) asap and by December 8 at the latest.