BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260728T175424EDT-1853mtoSOT@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260728T215424Z DESCRIPTION:Reference tracking requires the language user to both infer cor rect pronoun-referent mappings and dynamically update the discourse model following a change of referent status. Bilingual speakers of languages tha t allow a choice of pronominal forms (such as Italian and German) inconsis tently extend the scope of the marked pronoun\, both in production and in comprehension\; in late bilinguals\, these effects are attested in both th e native and the second language\, suggesting a convergence between L2 acq uisition and L1 attrition. In contrast\, linguistic structures that are le ss dependent on the integration of unpredictable contextual information ar e more stable in bilingual use. I will argue that becoming bilingual affec ts specific aspects of non-linguistic attentional control involved in the encoding of anaphoric relations\, and this in turn leads to the selective effects attested in both the L1 and the L2 of advanced late bilinguals. Mo re generally\, the convergence between L1 and L2 may be a marker of flexib ility and the result of a reorganization of the language system that allow s successful late bilinguals to efficiently handle cross-language competit ion.\n\nDr. Sorace's research focuses on a number of interrelated question s that bring together linguistics\, experimental psychology and cognitive science\, and her research achievements and publications span different su b-fields of scientific enquiry. She is a world leading authority on biling ualism over the lifespan and is particularly well known for her studies of exceptionally talented ('near-native') adult second language speakers\; f or her research on the changes ('attrition') that take place in the native language of advanced second language speakers\; for her investigation of bilingual language acquisition in early and late childhood\, and of the ef fects of bilingualism in non-linguistic domains. She is also international ly known for her contribution to language typology\, especially for her re search on constrained variation at the lexicon-syntax interface\, which sh e has investigated in many languages\, and her studies of gradience in nat ural language. Moreover\, she has given an important contribution to exper imental methods in linguistics by pioneering the use of Magnitude Estimati on as a technique for the elicitation of linguistic acceptability judgment s. She is committed to disseminating the findings of research on bilingual ism outside academia. She is the founding director of the information and consultancy centre Bilingualism Matters and was awarded a Beltane Fellowsh ip for Public Engagement.\n DTSTART:20151001T140000Z DTEND:20151001T153000Z LOCATION:CA\, Goodman Cancer Research Centre\, Room 501\, CA\, 1200 Pine Av enue West SUMMARY:L1 attrition meets L2 acquisition in successful late bilingualism: reference tracking and executive functions URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/event/l1-attrition-meets-l2-acquisition- successful-late-bilingualism-reference-tracking-and-executive-func-255615 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR