It started with a trip cut short by storm Éowyn and ends in the beautifully autumnal #Connemara #Gaeltacht. 8 months & 180 test sessions later, data collection is finished. Now on to the analyses - how do #Irish - #English #bilingual children process their languages? Watch this space. #Gaeilge

Earlier this week, I had the wonderful opportunity to present our research on #CLI and between-language #priming in Irish-English #bilingual children at the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Thank you all, míle buíochas! #Gaeilge #LanguageAcquisition

How does speaking a free word order language influence sentence planning and production? Evidence from Pitjantjatjara (Pama‐Nyungan, Australia). New paper by Evan Kidd & al. with Gabriela Garrido Rodríguez doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70087

I am excited to share the abstract video to our study on Joint Attention in Signing Caregiver-Child Dyads! youtu.be/M8EUU1_p4so

Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/ www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social

🎉 #Donders #Cube Award for Sharon Unsworth 🎉 for her outstanding commitment to the #Kletskoppen #Festival. 🏆 Poster prizes went to: • Danielle Houwing (MPI) • Marco Gandolfo (DCC) • Chinmaya Mishra (MPI) • Zehra Kazmi (DCN) • Umut Can ALTIN (DCC) www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

#ISB15 is officially over! 😢 Special thanks to @antjestoehr.bsky.social, Leire and Oihana for the amazing work they’ve done organising this conference, it wouldn’t have been possible without them ❤️ Safe travels and many thanks to all attendees! And… see you in Saskatoon! #ISB16

In the final keynote of #ISB15, Robert Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social is re-examining a question at the heart of #psycholinguistic research on #bilingual language processing: Is bilingual lexical access really language non-selective? Let's find out. @isbilingualism.bsky.social

The final afternoon symposium is starting now at #ISB15: very much looking forward to four insightful talks on the role of #typological distance on #bilingual language processing. @isbilingualism.bsky.social

🗣️ Starting the final day of the conference with Prof. Pia Lane (University of Oslo) with a keynote on language revitalisation after historical trauma, a thought-provoking talk on resilience, identity, and linguistic futures 🌱 #ISB15

The afternoon session on #immersioneducation in #minority languages at #ISB15 is starting with a talk by Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin & Pádraig Ó Duibhir on promoting the benefits of #Irish immersion education to families with linguistically & culturally #diverse backgrounds. #Gaeilge #Multilingualism

The symposium on the brilliant #Q-BEx parental questionnaire on language #dominance in #bilingual children is starting now, presented by Ludovica Serratrice @ludoserratrice.bsky.social Sharon Unsworth @sharonneke.bsky.social Cécile De Cat @ceciletje.bsky.social #ISB15 @isbilingualism.bsky.social

Keynote by Professor Elizabeth D. Peña on assessing #DLD in #bilingual children and busting myths: Bilinguals score in the normative mean in at least one language. There is no "bilingual delay" & bilinguals with DLD are not double delayed. Look at #individualdifferences, not group averages. #ISB15

Following up with today’s last keynote talk from Prof. Emerita Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country) on multilingualism, minority languages and translanguaging. Inspiring reflections on linguistic diversity and education! 💭 #Translanguaging #ISB15

Rowena Garcia is presenting research at #ISB15 showing that #crosslinguistic #priming occurs across #typologically unrelated languages & without overlap of constituent order. The degree of overlap modulated the magnitude of the effect. #Tagalog #Indonesian #English @isbilingualism.bsky.social

Looking forward to the second priming session at #ISB15 starting now with a talk on the fascinating connection between #CLI and #priming as potential #psycholinguistic mechanisms of contact-induced #languagechange. @isbilingualism.bsky.social

Our afternoon talks start with the keynote of Marie Jacobs (ULB & Ghent Univ) presenting on multilingual complexities in the asylum context, a powerful take on language, disparity & asylum practices 🌍 #ISB15 #Multilingualism #Asylum

I had a great time today presenting our research on the role of language dominance in #priming of ungrammatical structures in #Irish - #English #bilingual children at #ISB15. Thank you very much to everyone who attended and for all your great questions and feedback. Eskerrik asko! Míle buíochas!

Caregivers use joint attention to support sign language acquisition in deaf children. New paper by @jennisander.bsky.social , @carorowland.bsky.social & Amy M. Lieberman. doi.org/10.1111/desc.70034

Laura Bosch is starting off Day 2 @isbilingualism.bsky.social with her keynote on early #bilingualism: The diversity in bilingual #language #acquisition is a challenge. But it gives us rich insights into the many linguistic and environmental factors influencing language learning in children. #ISB15

Fantastic to see talks on #Gaeilge 🇮🇪 at #ISB15: Verena Platzgummer @verenaplatzgummer.bsky.social, Cassie Smith-Christmas @cassiesmithxmas.bsky.social ‬& Paul Finn are presenting their research on how #multilingual families in the Munster #Gaeltacht are raising their children with #Irish.

Excited to see @sharonneke.bsky.social sharing her insights from the #Kletskoppen Child Language Festival on engaging children from diverse backgrounds with #languagescience at #ISB15.

Janet van Hell just opened with a fascinating keynote on the influence of speaker & listener characteristics on the processing of semantic & syntactic speech errors. It seems like using opportunities to immerse yourself in non-native speech (like #ISB15) can improve your processing accuracy.

#ISB15 has officially started! Ongi etorri!

Looking forward to 5 inspiring days at the International Symposium on Bilingualism #ISB15 starting tomorrow in San Sebastián.

A great way to kick off my bluesky journey: new publication out in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 🥳 with Susanne Brouwer, @sharonneke.bsky.social & @falkhuettig.bsky.social 👇🏻

On Friday 14 March, we open our doors for an exclusive event as part of the InScience Film Festival. Visitors can join guided tours through our research labs, meet robot Furhat, create DNA bracelets and learn more about the MPI and our work. More info via: www.insciencefestival.nl/en/vertoning...

Amazing *free* online course on conducting child language research in understudied communities: Expanding Research in Language Development (WERLD). By the incredible Marisa Casillas with a line up of fabulous guest lecturers. chatterlab.uchicago.edu/werld2025/

So I just read this yesterday. Wonderful study that robustly explores the relationship between what language kids hear and what they learn. My take homes 1/

"Methods based on infant speech segmentation, applied to 8 years of humpback recordings, uncovered in whale song the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language." Cool new paper by @inbalarnon.bsky.social, @simonkirby.bsky.social, @ellengarland.bsky.social out in @science.org. 🧪

It’s time to take a short break from worrying about the state of the world and focus on the 2nd (open access) paper to come out of the Language Development department at MPI this year: Mulhinyi et al (2025), just published in Language Learning & Development. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/

Language-specific neural dynamics extend syntax into the time domain. New paper by Cas Coopmans & al. with @tezcanfiliz.bsky.social , Peter Hagoort, @andreaeyleen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002968

Very happy to be back in Ireland an excited to start our study on #bilingual language development in primary school aged children. #Gaeilge #English

Yesterday was the last day of the Nijmegen Lectures 2025! We would like to thank the speakers Victor Ferreira and @fernandaedi.bsky.social, our discussants, moderators, organisers and of course all participants. We look forward to seeing you next time! #NijmegenLectures @dondersinst.bsky.social

Encouraging use of complex language in preschoolers: A classroom-based storybook intervention study. New paper by Amber Muhinyi, Andrew J. Stewart & @carorowland.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2024.2443447

The best way to start 2025? Coming to Nijmegen!🇳🇱 Join us from 7 to 9 January for the Nijmegen Lectures 2025 given by @fernandaedi.bsky.social and Victor Ferreira Register here: www.mpi.nl/events/nijme...