36.2958, Confs: Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages 2026 (Croatia)

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Subject: 36.2958, Confs: Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages 2026 (Croatia)

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Date: 02-Oct-2025
From: Frane Malenica [fmalenica at unizd.hr]
Subject: Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages 2026

Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages 2026
Short Title: PsychoSlav 2026
Theme: Cross-Linguistic Influence in Slavic Bilingualism

Date: 27-May-2026 - 29-May-2026
Location: Zadar, Croatia
Contact: PsychoSlav2026
Contact Email: psychoslav2026 at outlook.com
Meeting URL: https://conference.unizd.hr/psychoslav2026/

Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics
Language Family(ies): Slavic

Submission Deadline: 31-Jan-2026

Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages (PsychoSlav) is a biennial
conference whose aim is to bring together researchers examining Slavic
languages from psycholinguistic perspective. The goal of the
conference is to promote the discussion between such scholars and
possibly lead to some future collaborative crosslinguistic projects.
The conference was first organized at the University of Tübingen in
2022 and in 2024, by the Centre for Corpus and Experimental Research
on Slavic Languages “Slavicus” at the University of Wrocław.
In 2026, the conference will be organized by the University of Zadar
and the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The conference will take
place (in person) in Zadar (Croatia) on May 27-29, 2026.
There will be a thematic session “Cross-Linguistic Influence in Slavic
Bilingualism” and an open session.
Thematic Session:
The topic of the thematic session will be: “Cross-Linguistic Influence
in Slavic Bilingualism”
Cross-linguistic influence (CLI) is a central phenomenon in the study
of bilingualism, referring to the ways in which one language affects
another in a significant way in a bilingual speaker’s mind. Many
speakers of Slavic languages grow up and live in bilingual or
multilingual environments, where the interplay between their
languages, whether typologically similar or distant, plays a
significant role in shaping language acquisition, processing, and
attrition.
In bilingual settings with two Slavic languages (e.g., Ukrainian in
Poland), structural similarities across grammatical domains (e.g.,
case marking) can lead to facilitative effects of CLI, supporting
acquisition and processing. However, even among closely related Slavic
languages, subtle but significant language-specific differences (e.g.,
variations in verbal aspect), can cause inhibition, showing that
typological proximity does not always guarantee facilitation. In
contrast, in contexts involving a Slavic and a non-Slavic language
(e.g., Croatian in Germany), greater typological differences may
result in stronger inhibitory effects of CLI. Recent methodological
advancements, such as multilingual group comparisons and real-time
processing techniques, offer promising avenues for investigating how
multiple grammatical systems coexist and interact within the bilingual
mind.
This session aims to address the following questions through the lens
of Slavic bilingualism, i.e., bilingualism involving at least one
Slavic language:
- What role, facilitative or inhibitory, does CLI play in bilingual
language processing?
- How do structural similarity and typological proximity between
languages affect the presence, direction, and extent of CLI?
- What insights do real-time processing methods (e.g.,
electroencephalography (EEG), eye-tracking) offer into the role of
CLI?
- What can novel methodological approaches, i.e., multilingual group
comparisons, reveal about CLI?
- How do experiential factors (e.g., language exposure and
proficiency) and cognitive abilities (e.g., working memory
capacities), modulate CLI in real-time processing?
We invite contributions that investigate CLI across various
grammatical domains (e.g., grammatical gender, case, aspect, word
order, pronouns) and among diverse bilingual populations (including
children and adults; simultaneous and sequential heritage bilinguals,
L2 and L3 learners, and potential attriters) in Slavic-to-Slavic
and/or Slavic-to-non-Slavic contact settings. The goal is to present
cutting-edge research and foster discussions of theoretical and
methodological advances that deepen our understanding of CLI in the
context of Slavic bilingualism.
Open Session:
For the open session, we invite papers that address the key questions
of PsychoSlav, including:
- How does research on Slavic languages impact the general
psycholinguistic theories?
- Are the findings on typologically different languages replicable on
Slavic?
- How can Slavic languages broaden the scope of psycholinguistic
research?
- Do Slavic languages bring new research questions in play due to
their specific structure?
- Are there any practical constraints to the psycholinguistic research
on Slavic languages?
- If yes, is there any way to overcome them in the near future?
Paper proposals focusing on any topic of language processing on
various aspects of Slavic languages, as well as on their use and
acquisition, are welcome.
Talks will be 20-minute long plus 10 minutes for discussion. Also, we
will have an one-hour long poster session.
We look forward to receiving abstracts addressing one or more of the
following strands using new experimental methods:
- phonetics
- phonology
- morphosyntax
- semantics
- pragmatics
- first and second language acquisition
We invite submissions about ongoing work. Abstracts on such projects
should present detailed information on the methodological aspects
(sample, technique used), planned analysis, and theoretical relevance.
Workshop:
The conference will host the workshop “When Do Effects Emerge?
Resampling Methods for Latency Comparisons in the Visual World
Paradigm” (Serge Minor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
Natalia Mitrofanova (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø)
Kamil Długosz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2026
Notification of acceptance to authors: March 15, 2026
Conference PsychoSlav 2026: May 27–29, 2026
Organizers:
Mia Batinić Angster (University of Zadar, Department of Linguistics)
Sara Košutar (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of
Language and Culture, Center for Language, Brain and Learning)
Frane Malenica (University of Zadar, Department of English Studies)
Local Organizing Committee:
Mia Batinić Angster
Metka Bezlaj
Frane Malenica
Lucija Milić
Jakov Proroković
Language: The conference will be held in English.
Supported by:
University of Zadar
UiT The Arctic University of Norway (European Commission, Marie
Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Grant No. 101154247)

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