37.200, Calls: 6th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (United Kingdom)

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Subject: 37.200, Calls: 6th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (United Kingdom)

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Date: 14-Jan-2026
From: Ian Cunnings [i.cunnings at reading.ac.uk]
Subject: 6th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children


Full Title: 6th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing
in Adults and Children
Short Title: ISBPAC 2026

Date: 18-Jun-2026 - 19-Jun-2026
Location: Reading, United Kingdom
Contact Person: ISBPAC 2026 Organising Committee
Meeting Email: isbpac2026 at reading.ac.uk
Web Site: https://isbpac.info/

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics;
Psycholinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Jan-2026

Call for Papers:
The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) is delighted to
announce that the 6th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2
Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC 2026) will be held on June
18th-19th, 2026 at the University of Reading, UK.vISBPAC brings
together researchers who investigate bi-/multilingualism from various
disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, cognitive
neuroscience, multimodal communication, and language pedagogy,
addressing language acquisition and processing in any domain of
language, as well as the neurocognition and neurobiology of
bi-/multilingualism. Our keynote speakers will be:
Elma Blom, Utrecht University.
Edith Kaan, University of Florida and Souad Kheder, University of
Algiers.
Kate Messenger, Lancaster University.
Denis Drieghe, University of Southampton.
We will also hold a pre-conference workshop on June 17th on Bayesian
mixed-effects modelling, led by João Veríssimo, University of Lisbon.
The symposium welcomes submissions examining language acquisition and
processing in bi-/multilingual populations, broadly defined across the
lifespan, and research examining the role that bi/multilingualism
plays in wider (neuro)cognition. Research is welcomed that examines
language acquisition and processing in early and late bilinguals, L2
and Ln learners, in all domains of language (syntax, morphology,
semantics, phonology, the lexicon, discourse/pragmatics, and their
interfaces) and in language-related neurocognition. We welcome
submissions that employ online techniques (e.g. self-paced reading or
listening, eye-tracking, ERPs, neuroimaging) and offline methods.
Topics include but are not limited to:
 - Morphological, syntactic, phonetic, phonological, lexical
acquisition and processing
 - Crosslinguistic influence in language production and comprehension
 - Language processing in attrition
 - Code-switching
 - L2/Ln acquisition and processing
 - Cognitive and neurocognitive consequences of bi-/multilingualism
 - Neuroscientific studies of bi-/multilingual acquisition and
processing
 - Multimodal language and communication
 - Developmental and acquired language disorders
 - Implications of bi-/multilingual language processing for teaching
Abstract Submissions: Now open via Oxford Abstracts
(https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80107/submitter)
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 30th, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: February/March, 2026
Submission Guidelines:
We accept abstracts for poster and/or oral presentation. Abstracts
should be at most 500 words in length (with an additional 300 words
for additional information, including references and/or examples
etc.). Completed abstracts must be submitted by January 30th, 2026.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please submit your
abstract via our Oxford Abstracts Submission Form.
If you have any questions or queries about the symposium, please
contact isbpac2026 at reading.ac.uk



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