Calls: Linguistic Processing in Bi- and Multilinguals

[Harold Schiffman]

Linguistic Processing in Bi- and Multilinguals
Date: 11-Sep-2008 - 14-Sep-2008Location: Gniezno, PolandContact Person: Anna Cieslicka
Web Site: http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/plm/Multilingual_processing

Call Deadline: 21-Apr-2008
Meeting Description:
In this workshop we aim to further the study of bi- and multilingualprocessing by bringing together researchers working on various aspectsof language processing in bi- and multilingual subjects.


Call for Papers
The last 15 years or so brought extensive research on therepresentation and processing of language in bilingual subjects.Numerous models of the bilingual mental lexicon have been constructed(e.g. Kroll & Stewart 1994). There is agreement among researchers thatthe two languages of a bilingual person must be somehow integrated.With the advent of yet another language into the mind of the speaker,his/her linguistic processing changes not only quantitatively but alsoqualitatively, which makes multilinguals a new and particularlyinteresting research group. In recent years there have been a numberof studies attempting to extend the scope of bilingualism research toinclude the processing of multiple languages (e.g. van Hell & Dijkstra2002, Hall & Ecke 2003) and the processing of figurative language(e.g. Matlock & Heredia 2002).
We invite contributions on topics related to the following:
- bi/multilingual research methods- on-line experimentation with multilinguals as a window into multiplelanguage processing and storage- contributions of theoretical insights from general linguistics toresearch into the multilingual lexicon- cross-linguistic factors in multilingual processing- figurative language (idioms, metaphor, simile, proverbs,irony)processing in bi/multilinguals- differences between figurative language processing in L1 and L2
Deadline for submissions is April 21st, 2008. Please do not submityour proposal via the PLM website but send an abstract (no longer than500 words, excluding references) directly to the session organizers.
Session Organisers:Anna Cieślicka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), e-mail: annac (at) data.plAnna Ewert (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), e-mail: eanna (at)ifa.amu.edu.pl(In the addresses above, replace (at) with )
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