Friday 26 June 2026 1:00pm to 4:30pm
About
Friday 26 June 2026 | 13:00 – 16:30 (BST)
Little Hall, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge (and online)
This volume presents a series of studies and reviews that provide insights into grammatical variation and the development of code-switching in neurotypical speakers, as well as into language mixing practices among individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Across seven chapters, a range of themes is explored, including: community norms and language practices, the influence of caregivers on bilingual development, attitudes and ideologies surrounding bilingualism, code-switching as a communicative resource, and the intersection of neurodiversity and bilingualism. By offering up-to-date perspectives on these topics, the volume builds on existing research into code-switching, such as work by Margaret Deuchar, and it highlights open data initiatives for advancing future research in this area.
Editors:
- Draško Kašćelan (University of Essex)
- María del Carmen Parafita Couto (University of Santiago de Compostela)
- Peredur Webb-Davies (Bangor University)
- Rocío Pérez-Tattam (Swansea University)
- Hans Stadthagen-González (Benedictine College)
Access the book HERE.
Event Programme
Register for the event HERE.
13:00 – 13:15 | Event introduction | The organisers (in person)
13:15 – 13:30 | Supporting bilingual development through codeswitching: Dual language use of a grandmother and an emergent bilingual child | Suzanne Quay (online)
13:30 – 13:45 | Code-mixing and language change: Evidence from Spanish nouns in heritage Piedmontese | Eugenio Goria & Kate Bellamy (pre-recorded)
13:45 – 14:00 | Cued gender assignment strategies and L1 effects in the acceptance of mixed Basque-Spanish DPs | Amaia Munarriz-Ibarrola (online)
14:00 – 14:15 | Sensitivity to code-switching asymmetries in second language sentence processing | Jorge R. Valdés Kroff (online)
14:15 – 15:00 | Break
15:00 – 15:15 | Linguistic interaction in early bilingual development: A review of studies examining single- and mixed-language utterances | Marilyn M. Vihman & Virve-Anneli Vihman (pre-recorded)
15:15 – 15:30 | Code-switching by individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions: A scoping review | Draško Kašćelan & María del Carmen Parafita Couto (in person)
15:30 – 16:20 | Discussant remarks and general discussion | Margaret Deuchar & the audience (in person and online)
16:20 – 16:30 | Closing remarks | The organisers (in person)
This event is supported by Cambridge Language Sciences IRC. The organisers are also grateful to Newnham College, University of Cambridge for their support.