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Presentations
Invited talks
2009
'Processing tense and aspect violations in the first and second language.' Research Seminar, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, October.
'The L1 influences the on-line comprehension of tense/aspect in L2 English.' Second Language Processing and Parsing: The State of the Science, Texas Tech University, May.
'Cross-linguistic influences in the real-time processing of the second language' Applied Linguistics Research Seminar, University of Wales Swansea, May.
'Processing tense and aspect violations in the first and second language' University of Reading, May.
2008
'Handling ambiguities in the L2.' Seminar Series, ESRC Research Center on Bilingualism, University of Wales, Bangor, July.
'L1 influences on L2 reading in real time.' Vrije Universiteit Brussel, March.
'What can adults learn about an unknown language after minimal exposure?' (with C. Dimroth & M. Gullberg). Birkbeck College, University of London, March.
'Processing ambiguous sentences on-line in the L2 L1 influences and L2 effects.' Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, February.
2007
'L1 influences on L2 sentence processing'. NWO workshop on Second Language Development Grammar and Processing, University of Groningen, December.
'Processing subject-object ambiguities in the L2 When the L1 does (and does not) have an influence'. ESF SCH Workshop on Language Processing in First and Second Language Learners, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, November.
'Knowing what to leave out on-line and off-line Evidence from eye-tracking' (with N. Duffield & A. Matsuo). ESF SCH Workshop on Language Processing in First and Second Language Learners, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, November
2006
'Bilinguals' real-time sentence comprehension'. Symposium Meertaligheid voor Tijdschrift Stem-, Spraak-, en Taalpathologie, Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht, October.
‘Proficiency, language dominance and first language influences on the real-time processing of the L2’. Language and Linguistics Evening Lecture, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, May.
‘Bilingual processing Investigating effects of the first language, language dominance and proficiency’. University of London Institute in Paris, April.
'Multilingual processing From data to practice'. DGfE-Kongress 2006, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, March.
2005
‘Investigating L1-L2 interactions in the on-line resolution of subject pronouns in discourse’. Workshop on Bilingualism Grammatical Representations and Processes, 17th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, April.
2004
‘Resolving pronouns in the second language Evidence from eye-tracking with Turkish-Dutch bilinguals’. ESF SCH Workshop on Language Processing in First and Second Language Learners, University of Essex, December.
Conference Presentations/Posters
2009
'The interpretation of personal and demonstrative pronouns in L2 German: Is there a difference between ER and DER?' (paper) (with M. Ellert & J. Jarvikivi) EUROSLA 19, University of Cork, September.
2008
'The role of aspect in subject/object ambiguities: Evidence from eye-tracking with Greek L2 learners of English' (with D. Papadopoulou, I. Tsimpli & S. A. Liszka) Eurosla 28, Universite de Provense, Aix-en-Provence, September.
'The on-line processing of temporal violations in the second language' (paper) (with S. Liszka) EUROSLA 18, Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, September.
'Animacy affects the processing of subject/object ambiguities in the L2' (poster) 14th AMLaP Conference, Cambridge, September.
'On-line reading (eye-tracking) data from native speakers and second language learners support the theoretical distinction between VP-ellipsis and VP-anaphora' (paper) (with N. Duffield & A. Matsuo) Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL), University of Helsinki, Finland, June
2007'A psycholinguistic approach to the acquisition of grammatical aspect in the L2' (paper) (with S. A. Liszka) EUROSLA 17, Newcastle University, September.
'What can adults learn about word forms in an unknown language after 7 minutes of exposure to a new language?' (paper) (with C. Dimroth & M. Gullberg). EUROSLA 17, Newcastle University, September.
'Processing grammaticalised aspect in the L2' (paper) (with S. Liszka). 13th AMLaP Conference, Turku, August.
'Knowing what to leave out online in VP-ellipsis Evidence from eye-tracking' (poster) (with N. Duffield and A. Matsuo). On Linguistic Interfaces, University of Ulster, June.
2006
‘Breaking and entering: First contact with a new language‘ (paper) (with C. Dimroth & M. Gullberg) PacSLRF, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Austraila, July.
‘First language influences on reading in the second language’ (paper). The Scandinavian Workshop on Applied Eye-tracking, Lund University, Sweden.
2005
‘The dog in the nighttime (again) On the curious acceptability of ungrammatical sentences’ (paper) (with N. Duffield, A. Matsuo & D. Stojanovic). EUROSLA 15, Dubrovnik, September.
‘What do you know after seven minutes of exposure to a new language?’(paper) (with M. Gullberg & C. Dimroth). EUROSLA 15, Dubrovnik, September.
‘Investigating L1-L2 interactions in the on-line resolution of subject pronouns in discourse Evidence from eye-tracking with Turkish-Dutch bilinguals’ (paper). EUROSLA 15, Dubrovnik, September.
‘Processing wh-dependencies in English as a second language A cross-modal priming study’ (poster) (with C. Felser). 11th AMLaP Conference, Ghent, September.
2004
‘Gaps in children’s sentence processing Evidence from cross-modal priming’ (paper) (with T. Marinis, C. Felser & H. Clahsen). Boston University Conference on Language Development, November.
‘Pronoun resolution in the L2 An eye-tracking study with Turkish-Dutch bilinguals’ (paper) 10th AMLaP Conference, Aix-en-Provence, September.
‘Plausibility and recovery from garden paths in second language sentence processing’ (poster) (with C. Felser). 10th AMLaP Conference, Aix-en-Provence, September.
‘The on-line processing of co-reference relations by Turkish advanced L2 learners of Dutch An eye-tracking study’ (poster). EUROSLA 14, San Sebastian, September.
‘Antecedent priming at gap positions in children's sentence processing’ (poster) (with T. Marinis, C. Felser & H. Clahsen). 17th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, March.
2003
‘Effects of proficiency in the processing of long-distance wh-dependencies by adult L2 learners of English’ (paper). EUROSLA 13, Edinburgh, September.
‘Lexical effects in sentence processing: Evidence from modifier attachment in Greek and English’ (paper) (with T. Marinis & D. Papadopoulou). 9th AMLaP Conference, Glasgow, August.
‘Lexical effects in the processing of ambiguous sentences by L2 learners’ (paper) (with D. Papadopoulou & T. Marinis). 16th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, April.
2002
‘The processing of ambiguous sentences by Greek L2 learners of English’ (paper) Durham 5th Postgraduate Conference, University of Durham, June.
‘The processing of ambiguous sentences by first and second language learners of English’ (paper) (with C. Felser, R. Gross & T. Marinis). GASLA6, Ottawa, April.
‘On-line processing of filler-gap dependencies by advanced Chinese and Japanese speakers of English’ (paper) (with T. Marinis, C. Felser, H. Clahsen & R. Hawkins). DGfS Conference, Mannheim, February.
