Department of Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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First and Second Language Acquisition

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Faculty

Tania Ionin Assistant Professor of Linguistics and English as an International Language. (tionin at illinois.edu)

Pascual Masullo Visiting Associate Professor of Linguistics, Fall 2008. (pascual at illinois.edu)

Mithilesh Mishra Lecturer of Linguistics. (mkmishra at illinois.edu)

Silvina Montrul Associate Professor. (montrul at illinois.edu)

Yamuna Kachru Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English as an International Language. (ykachru at illinois.edu)

IPRH Reading Groups

2008-2009

Second Language Acquisition

Faculty organizers: Tania Ionin, Silvina Montrul
Description: Interdisciplinary group whose goal is to further the linguistic study of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). The group has two main objectives: (1) to read and discuss seminal texts on second language acquisition; and (2) to give group members, in particular graduate students, a chance to present their ongoing work, receiving feedback on their works-in-progress and presentations
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Native Language Acquisition Interrupted

Faculty Organizers:Silvina Montrul, Elabbas Benmamoun, James Yoon, Rakesh Bhatt
Meetings:Every other Friday, time: 12:00-1:30 p.m., place: 4136 FLB
Description:By focusing on the linguistic abilities of heritage speakers (early bilingual speakers of ethnic-minority languages), this group will explore a number of current theoretical issues in linguistics and language acquisition. These include: the nature of grammatical knowledge developed in childhood, how amount of language exposure impinge on linguistic development, how literacy contributes to the maturation of language in the brain, whether mode of acquisition affects how language is stored in memory and retrieved during language processing.
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