Adaptations to Multilingualism/Bilingualism and the Role of Linguistic Proximity (ATOM)

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The CLT group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is pleased to announce the workshop ATOM (Adaptations to Multilingualism/Bilingualism), to be held in Barcelona, February 13-14, 2025. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from around the world who approach the topic of neurocognitive adaptations to bilingualism through different perspectives and disciplines. The focus is on the type of effects bilingualism/multilingualism confers to different domains of cognition (e.g., language, executive functions, attention, etc.).

Emphasis will be given to the factors that drive bilingual effects (e.g., degree or type of bilingual experience, degree of language switching, sociolinguistic aspects related to language use). Among these factors, it has been suggested that language proximity/distance stands out for its unclear role. We welcome contributions that address how language distance may affect bilingual adaptations and how this factor is to be measured from an empirical point of view.

Keynote speakers

Esti Blanco-Elorrieta (New York University)
Kleanthes Grohmann (University of Cyprus)
Maria Kambanaros (Cyprus University of Technology)
Sílvia Perpiñán (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Practical matters

You can register for the workshop through the following link: https://forms.gle/NFHLRLnQBgGVccuJ9. There is no registration fee. The extended registration deadline is January 14, after which registration will not be possible.