CeLM Seminer Series

100 Chancellor's Building Whiteknights, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Asymmetries in phonological representation and processing Adhiti Lahiri (Oxford University) The speaker-listener interaction is problematic since pronunciation of words is inevitably variable. No word is ever uttered in an identical […]

CeLM Seminar Series

HumSS 128 Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

" A Cantonese AphasiaBank with multi-faceted and multi-modal annotation of linguistic and gestural information of aphasic narratives: A database to facilitate cross-linguistic studies" Anthony Pak Hin Kong, University of Central Florida

CeLM Seminar Series

Palmer 105 Whiteknights Campus, United Kingdom

"Intergenerational language attrition and loss in bilingual families in Europe: A threat to Harmonious Bilingual Development." Annick De Houwer, University of Erfurt

CeLM Seminar Series

Chancellors Building G.04 Whiteknights Campus, United Kingdom

"Bilingual reference production: A multifactorial approach." Jacopo Torregrossa, University of Hamburg

CeLM Seminar – ‘ Speaking foreign languages from the heart ‘

Edith Morley 127 Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

 by           Jon Andoni Duñabeitia (BCBL) http://www.bcbl.eu/people/staff/jon-andoni-dunabeitia/ Date                     Tues 14th November 2017 Time                     16h15 – 17h15 Venue                  Edith Morley 127 Native languages are typically acquired in emotionally neutral academic environments. As a consequence of this difference, it has been suggested that bilinguals’ emotional reactivity in foreign language contexts is reduced as compared to native language […]

“People who learn German like shouting because that’s what Germans do”

Palmer G04 University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

                        CeLM Seminar   “People who learn German like shouting because that’s what Germans do”   by           Heike Krüsemann (University of Reading)   Date                     Tues 9th January 2018 Time                     16h15 – 17h15 Venue                  Palmer G04   This paper is based on a mixed methods PhD project which explored how German is conceptualised and […]

Cross-talk between language and executive control in neurodegenerative diseases

Edith Morley 124 University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

                        CeLM Seminar   Cross-talk between language and executive control in neurodegenerative diseases  by   Marco Calabria (Center for Brain and Cognition, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, Barcelona) Date                     Tues […]

CeLM seminar: “Linguistic issues surrounding refugees”

edith morley 175 Earley, Reading, United Kingdom

 "Linguistic issues surrounding refugees: a study of migrant Facebook posts" FREE TO ATTEND Guest Speaker: Dr. Mohammed Ateek, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Code switching is a widely observed phenomenon, especially seen in multilingual and multicultural communities. Migration plays a large role in forming these communities. it is widely known that code-switching and translanguaging are common communicative […]

Bi/Multilingualism and the History of Language Learning and Teaching

University of Reading

HoLLTnet international meeting: 'Bi/Multilingualism and the History of Language Learning and Teaching' University of Reading, United Kingdom, 6-7 July 2018 HoLLTnet (www.hollt.net) is a Research Network of AILA (L'Association Internationale […]

“Nominal ellipsis in L2 Spanish: syntactic and pragmatic constraints”

Chancellors Building G.04 Whiteknights Campus, United Kingdom

The Interface Hypothesis (Sorace 2011) states that interfaces between internal modules of the grammar and external modules are problematic for L2 learners. We report on an experiment that examines noun ellipsis in Spanish, an area of interface between morphosyntax and information structure. Our questions are the following: (a) do advanced L2 speakers perform in a […]