Nell'ambito delle iniziative della International Society of Experimental Linguistics, il 30 aprile, ore 16 GMT (18 ora locale italiana), la prof.ssa Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh) terrà un intervento dal titolo:
Monolinguals: a species facing extinction?
Linguistics research has traditionally been shaped by the idea of a native monolingual speaker. Research on language learning and bilingualism has also defined attainment levels (e.g. “near-native speakers”) and differences (‘advantages' or 'disadvantages’) with respect to native monolingual norms. Is this still appropriate? I will show how interdisciplinary research that combines the strengths of linguistic, cognitive and social models is deconstructing the notion of the 'monolingual speaker' as a default. This, in turn, opens up new research avenues on bilingualism and, more generally, on language.