Rethinking multilingual experience through a Systems Framework of Bilingualism

DA Titone, M Tiv - Bilingualism: language and cognition, 2023 - cambridge.org
In “The Devil's Dictionary”, Bierce (1911) defined language as “The music with which we
charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.” This satirical definition reflects a core truth …

Linguistic diversity shapes flexible speech perception in school age children

E Kutlu, K Baxelbaum, E Sorensen, J Oleson… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Every day, listeners encounter a wide range of acoustic signals. Successfully solving this
variability problem allows them to interpret these signals accurately. While this mechanism …

Self-evaluations and the language of the beholder: objective performance and language solidarity predict L2 and L1 self-evaluations in bilingual adults

E Hernández-Rivera, A Kalogeris, M Tiv… - … Research: Principles and …, 2024 - Springer
People are often asked to self-evaluate their abilities, and these evaluations may not always
reflect objective reality. Here, we investigated this issue for bilingual adults' self-evaluations …

Leveraging social network data to ground multilingual background measures: The case of general and socially based language entropy.

A Iniesta, M Yang, AL Beatty-Martínez… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent research on multilingualism highlights the role of language diversity in modulating
the cognitive capacities of communication and suggests a gap in available measures for …

Non-participation and the stability of Dominant Language Constellation in contextual shifts: the case of a Hong Kong multilingual student

W Yu, H Xu - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores how a multilingual Hong Kong student exercised agency to maintain a
stable Dominant Language Constellation (DLC) amidst significant shifts in sociolinguistic …

Understanding the Mechanisms That Allow the Bilingual Mind and Brain to Work in Two Languages

E Rossi, J Gullifer - The American Journal of …, 2024 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
In this contribution in honor of Dr. Judith Kroll, we review behavioral models of bilingualism,
bringing the most important examples from the literature to highlight how Judy's work has …

Exploring speech expectations during the hiring process and perceived accent discrimination in the workplace: Outcomes for L2 French job applicants and employees …

R Lindberg - 2024 - spectrum.library.concordia.ca
Because people often infer a person's personal and professional characteristics such as
intelligence and competence from that person's accent, employers, colleagues, or customers …

A Comprehensive Look at Intergroup Relations and Contact Between International Students and the Host Community

O Tekin - 2024 - spectrum.library.concordia.ca
Previous research has demonstrated that intergroup relations and contact between
international students and host communities may be challenging. While international …