Heritage Languages at the Crossroads (HL@Cross): cultural contexts, individual differences and methodologies (May 29-30, 2023)

The Aurora Center for Language Acquisition, Variation & Attrition (AcqVA Aurora) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and our partner Istanbul Medeniyet University invite you to the Heritage Languages at the Crossroads : cultural contexts, individual differences and methodologies (HL@Cross) workshop on May 29th & 30th taking place on the Istanbul Medeniyet University’s campus in Istanbul, Türkiye (Turkey). This workshop will be a capestone to the Heritage-bilingual Linguistic Proficiency in their Native Grammar (HeLPiNG, funder Tromsø Forskningsstiftelse) project and several Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA, funder European Commission) grants (CLICK, INPUT & HeLA).

The workshop welcomes submissions on heritage language bilingualism in any and all contexts globally, including returnees. The workshop aims to bring together researchers who investigate heritage language bilingualism from various disciplines, including (applied, psycho-, neuro-) linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, deaf/hearing impaired studies, language policy, ethnolinguistic studies, language pedagogy and other related fields. Empirical work on language acquisition, linguistic processing, attrition, linguistic and (related) cognitive development, motivation, identity, equality, education and policy as well as theoretical and methodological epistemology are very welcome. This includes all domains of language (syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, the lexicon and discourse/pragmatics, and their interfaces) and any and all appropriate methodologies, online and offline experimental or other (e.g., corpora) methods.

Some exemplar topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Linguistic properties of heritage languages in children and adults
Heritage language acquisition and development
The role of extra-linguistic variables in heritage language acquisition / maintenance
Crosslinguistic influence in heritage language speech production and comprehension
Code-switching/translanguaging in heritage speakers
Neurocognitive adaptations within heritage bi-/multilingualism
First language / cross-generational attrition
Heritage language instruction
Multimodal language and communication
Research investigating socalled “returnee” contexts
Methods in heritage language bilingualism
Empirical and/or epistemological work on motivation, identity and equality in Heritage Language Research
Work connecting adjacent fields, such as language contact, creole genesis, diachronic approaches

Abstract Submission: CLOSED NOW!!!

Abstract Submission deadline: December 20th, 2022

Notification of Acceptance: February 15th, 2023

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Keynote Speakers

	Aylin Küntay, Koc University, Türkiye
	Oksana LalekoState, University of New York at New Paltz, USA
	Patrick Rebuschat, Lancaster University, UK, University of Tübingen, Germany
	Cécile De Cat, University of Leeds UK, UiT Arctic University of Norway