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<b><span lang="aa"><span>New</span>
<span>
Approaches</span> <span>
to</span> <span>
<span>Bi</span>-/Multilingualism</span>
<span>
and</span> <span>
Language</span> <span>
Learning/Teaching</span> (<span><span><span>Bi</span></span><span>MuLT</span></span>) </span></b></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0"><span lang="en-US">Multilingual environments have attracted the interest of those working on
<span>
language</span> acquisition (Rothman et al., 2019; Schmid <span>
and</span> Kopke, 2019), variation <span>
and</span> learning (Martin-Jones et al., 2015; Singleton <span>
and</span> Aronin, 2019) as well as </span><span lang="en-GB">multiliteracy, home
<span>
language</span> development, education <span>
and</span> </span><span lang="en-US"><span>language</span> policy</span><span lang="en-GB"> (Wright et al., 2017; Montanari
<span>
and</span> Quay, 2019; Schalley</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-GB"><span>and</span> Eisenchlas, 2020; Breuer et al., 2021)</span><span lang="en-US">.
 Some of the common questions raised in this research are related <span>
to</span> the issues in understanding the nature <span>
and</span> processes of <span>
bi</span>lingualism</span><span lang="en-GB">/multilingualism</span><span lang="en-US">, the exposure
<span>
and</span> influence on a particular population by a dominant <span>
language</span>, the age of exposure <span>
to</span> input from the dominant <span>
language</span>, the grammar properties affected by it, <span>
and</span> the overall competence of the <span>
bi</span>lingual/multilingual speaker (Deluca et al., 2019, Lohndal et al., 2019). Heritage
<span>
language</span> acquisition as another <span>
bi</span>lingual/multilingual context raises the question of the input conditions during acquisition (Montrul, 2016; Polinsky, 2018;
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white">Domínguez et al., 2019)</span>. Scientific considerations on these issues rely on a variety of methodologies in the study of acquisition
<span>
and</span> the application of these theories in teaching. Data from multilingual speakers are also important since they involve grammars that often interact in interesting ways that a theory of possible mental grammars needs
<span>
to</span> incorporate. These mental grammars identify the linguistic properties that characterize multilingual speakers in societies within a broader concept of ‘comparative lingualities’ (Grohmann
<span>
and</span> Kambanaros</span><span lang="en-GB">,</span><span lang="en-US"> 2016) focusing on their recognition
<span>
and</span> study for the advancement of linguistic theory.  </span></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0"><b><span lang="en-US">References: </span></b></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-GB">Breuer, E. O., Lindgren, E., Stavans, A.
<span>
and</span> van Steendam, E. (2021). <i>Multilingual Literacy</i>. <span>
New</span> Perspectives on <span>
Language</span> <span>
and</span> Education 85. Bristol: Multilingual Matters</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-US">Deluca, V., Rothman, J.
<span>
and</span> Pliatsikas, C. (2019). Linguistic immersion <span>
and</span> structural effects on the <span>
bi</span>lingual brain: A longitudinal study. <i><span>Bi</span>lingualism:
<span>
Language</span> <span>
and</span> Cognition</i>, <i>22</i>(5), 1160-1175. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-US">Domínguez, L., Hicks, G.
<span>
and</span> Slabakova, R. (2019). Terminology choice in generative acquisition research: The case of “incomplete acquisition” in heritage
<span>
language</span> grammars. <i>Studies in Second <span>
Language</span> Acquisition</i>, <i>41</i>(2), 241-255. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-US">Grohmann, K.K. <span>
and</span> Kambanaros, M. (2016). The gradience of multilingualism in typical <span>
and</span> impaired <span>
language</span> development: Positioning <span>
bi</span>lectalism within comparative <span>
bi</span>lingualism. <i>Frontiers in Psychology</i>, 7, </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00037" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span><span lang="en-US">https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00037</span></span></a><span><span lang="en-US">. </span></span></p>
<span></span>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-US">Lohndal, T., Rothman, J., Kupisch, T.
<span>
and</span> Westergaard, M. (2019). Heritage <span>
language</span> acquisition: What it reveals <span>
and</span> why it is important for formal linguistic theories. <i><span>Language</span>
<span>
and</span> Linguistics Compass</i>, <i>13</i>(12), 12357. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-GB">Martin-Jones, M. Blackledge, A. <span>
and</span> Creese, A. (2015). <i>The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism</i>. London/<span>New</span> York: Routledge. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-GB">Montanari, S. <span>
and</span> Quay, S. (2019). <i>Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Multilingualism</i>. Berlin/<span>New</span> York: Mouton de Gruyter.  </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-GB">Montrul, S. (2016).
<i>The Acquisition of Heritage <span>
Language</span>s</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-GB">Polinsky, M. (2018).
<i>Heritage <span>
Language</span>s <span>
and</span> Their Speakers</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-GB">Rothman</span><span lang="en-GB">, J., Gonzalez Alonso, J. <span>
and</span> Puig-Mayenco, E. (2019). <i>Third <span>
Language</span> Acquisition <span>
and</span> Linguistic Transfer</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span style="color:#222222;background-color:white" lang="en-GB">Schalley, A. <span>
and</span> Eisenchlas, S. (Eds.) (2020). <i>Handbook of Home <span>
Language</span> Maintenance <span>
and</span> Development: Social <span>
and</span> Affective Factors</i>. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-GB">Schmid, M. <span>
and</span> Kopke, B. (2019). <i>The Oxford Handbook of <span>
Language</span> Attrition</i>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.  </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-GB">Singleton, D. <span>
and</span> Aronin, L. (2019). <i>Twelve Lectures on Multilingualism</i>. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.  </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 28.34pt">
<span lang="en-GB">Wright</span><span lang="en-GB">, W., Boun, S. <span>
and</span> Garcia, O. (2017). <i>The Handbook of <span>
Bi</span>lingual <span>
and</span> Multilingual Education</i>. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.  </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 0 36pt">
<span lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;text-align:justify;margin:0"><span lang="en-US">We welcome abstract submissions on any of the following questions or related
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to</span>pics: </span></p>
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<li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">What are <span>
new</span> <span>
approaches</span> <span>
to</span> the study of <span>
bi</span>lingualism <span>
and</span> multilingualism? </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">What are some diagnostics <span>
to</span> differentiate different multilingual environments (sequential/simultaneous
<span>
bi</span>lingualism, heritage speakers, second/third <span>
language</span> learners)? </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">What are common grammar properties across
<span>
bi</span>lingual/multilingual speakers? What variables condition interaction between/among
<span>
language</span>s? </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">How do heritage <span>
language</span>s differ or look similar <span>
to</span> other contexts of multilingualism? What conditions these grammars? </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">What is the role of input in <span>
language</span> acquisition (first, second <span>
and</span> third) <span>
and</span> heritage <span>
language</span> acquisition?  </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">What are the research methods that best apply in multilingual environments
<span>
and</span> <span>
language</span> learning <span>
and</span> teaching? </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-GB">What are the factors (e.g. </span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">social</span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-GB">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US"> affective</span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-GB">)
 that affect home <span>
language</span> maintenance <span>
and</span> development at micro, meso <span>
and</span> macro levels?</span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US"> </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;margin:0">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-GB">What is the link between multilingualism, multiliteracy
<span>
and</span> multimodality? </span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="en-US">How do
<span>
language</span> policies or identity interact with multilingual societies <span>
and</span> <span>
language</span> learning? </span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">Prof. Laura
</span></b><b><span style="color:#1d1e1e;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;background-color:white" lang="en-US">Domínguez (University of Southampton)</span></b><b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"> </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">Prof. Jason Rothman (UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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and</span> Universidad Nebrija) </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">Prof. Kleanthes K. Grohmann (University of Cyprus) </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US">Prof. Maria Kambanaros (Cyprus University of Technology) </span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="en-US">Svetlana Karpava (University of Cyprus) </span></p>
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<span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="en-US">Natalia Pavlou (University of Cyprus) </span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="en-US">Scientific Committee </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"> </span></b></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Spyros Armostis (University of Cyprus) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Constantina Fotiou (University of Cyprus) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Valantis Fyndanis (Cyprus University of Technology) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Tanja Kupisch (Universität Konstanz) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Theo Marinis (Universität Konstanz) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic (Uniwersytet Warszawski) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Phoevos Panagiotidis (University of Cyprus) </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;background-color:white;margin:0"><span style="color:#1d1e1e" lang="aa">Yulia Rodina (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) </span></p>
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to</span> take place in Nicosia, Cyprus. However, a final decision will be made in September 2021 on the basis of the assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
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<b><span>July 15, 2021</span></b>. Presentations will last 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. The abstracts have
<span>
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to</span> 500 words must be written in English (excluding references, graphs <span>
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="en-US">Call Deadline:
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<b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="en-US">Notification of Acceptance:</span></b><b><span style="color:#111111;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="en-US"> September 1^st, 2021 </span></b></p>
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 November 20-21, 2021</span></b><span lang="en-US"><br>
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