Programme

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Thursday October 8, 2009
‘First exposure to an unknown language’

08.45 Coffee

09.00 Wolfgang Klein, MPI for Psycholinguistics – Introduction

09.30 M. Gullberg, L. Roberts, C. Dimroth, K. Veroude & P. Indefrey, MPI for Psycholinguistics – The First Seven Minutes Of Contact With An Unknown Language

10.15 Coffee

10.45 D. J. Davidson, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Science – Short-term Grammatical Plasticity in Adult Language Learners

11.30 R. Rast, American U. Paris and U. Paris 8 – The Role Of Linguistic
Input In The Early Stages Of Adult Language Learning

12.15 Discussion

12.45 Lunch

14.00 N. C. Ellis & N. Sagarra, U. Michigan, Pennsylvania State U. – Learned Attention Effects In L2 Acquisition Of Temporal Reference In Latin And Spanish: The First Hour And The Next Eight Semesters

14.45 J. McLaughlin, U. Washington – Brain Potentials Reveal Discrete
Stages Of L2 Grammatical Learning

15.30 Coffee

16.00 M. Laine & R. Salmelin, Åbo Akademi U., Helsinki U. of Technology – Neurocognition Of New Word Learning In The Native Tongue: Lessons From The Ancient Farming Equipment Paradigm

16.45 Discussion

17.15 Drinks for all participants

18.30 Conference dinner for invited speakers

‘Artificial vs. natural language learning’

09.00 Coffee

09.30 S. Lindsay & G. Gaskell, York U. – A Complementary Systems Account Of Word Learning In L1 And L2

10.15 R. de Diego-Balaguer & D. Lopez-Barroso, Institució Catalana de
Recerca i Estudis Avançats, U. de Barcelona – Cognitive And Neural
Mechanisms Sustaining Rule Learning from Speech

11.00 Coffee

11.30 K.-M. Petersson, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging – Artificial Language Learning In Adults (And Children)

12.15 Discussion

12.45 Lunch

14.00 John Williams, Cambridge U. – Initial incidental acquisition of word
order regularities: Is it just sequence learning?

14.45 Coffee

15.15 P. Robinson, Aoyama Gakuin U. – Learning Artificial Grammars And Natural Second Languages: Effects Of Chunk-Strength, Frequency, Similarity, And Individual Differences In Cognitive Abilities