The workshop Micro-variation in Multilingualism is hosted on November 11-12, 2021 by the AcqVA (Acquisition, Variation & Attrition) research group and the project MiMS (Microvariation in Multilingual acquisition & attrition Situations), funded by the Research Council of Norway 2016-2020.
Keynote speakers
- Theresa Biberauer, University of Cambridge
- Cristina Flores, University of Minho
- Michael Putnam*, Penn State University
- Lydia White*, McGill University
*current travel restrictions do not allow Michael Putnam and Lydia White to travel to Norway
The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on micro-variation in bi- and multilingual populations on topics that are (directly or indirectly) related to the questions investigated in MiMS. Topics that extend the focus of the project, e.g. to different language combinations, different linguistic phenomena or different populations, are especially welcome.
We plan to publish a special issue in Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (LAB) after this workshop.
Organizing Committee
Nadine Kolb
Natalia Mitrofanova
Marit Westergaard
Aleksandra Bogoiavlenskaia
Program
Thursday (11.11.)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
Session 1. Chair: Nadine Kolb
13.00-14.00 Welcome + Overview of Work Packages 1 – 4
14.00-15.00 Invited Speaker: Cristina Flores,University of Minho
What changes when the language environment of bilinguals changes? Data from interviews, offline and online tasks on German morphology.
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
Session 2. Chair: Tanja Kupisch
15.30-16.00 Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University
Multi-feature analysis of speech perception in L2 and L3
16.00-16.30 Natalia Kartushina, University of Oslo
Short- and long-term effects of L2 production training. Do improvements last?
16.30-17.00 Roumyana Slabakova, University of Southampton & NTNU
What might a shared multilingual system of representation look like?
17.00-17.30 Coffee Break
Session 3. Chair: Yulia Rodina
17.30-18.00 Anne Dahl, Kjersti Listhaug & Guro Busterud
The interaction of target language, prior languages, and structure type in the L3 acquisition of verb placement
18.00-18.30 Isabel Nadine Jensen & Marit Westergaard
Exploring the effect of similarity in third language acquisition of a miniature artificial language
18.30-19.00 Nadine Kolb, Natalia Mitrofanova & Marit Westergaard
Cross-linguistic Influence in Child L3 English: An Empirical Study on Russian-German Heritage Bilinguals
19:30 Dinner
Friday (12.11.)
Session 4. Chair: Natalia Mitrofanova
9.00-10.00 Invited Speaker: Theresa Biberauer (University of Cambridge)
Macro- and microcues in bi/multi-lingualism: A South African-flavoured Maximise Minimal Means perspective
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
Session 5. Chair: Merete Anderssen
10.30-11.00 Sílvia Perpiñan (University Pompeu Fabra)
Microvariation and Potential Transfer: Northern and Southern Italians learning Spanish
11:00-11.30 Tanja Kupisch, Nadine Kolb, Yulia Rodina & Olga Urek
Foreign Accent in Pre- and Primary School Heritage Bilinguals
11.30-12.00 Natalia Mitrofanova, Irina Sekerina, Serge Minor, Antje
Sauermann, Natalia Gagarina, & Marit Westergaard
Processing of grammatical case in Russian and German by monolingual and bilingual preschoolers: A Visual World eye-tracking study
12.00-13.00 Lunch
