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Abstract Submissions Open: November 1st, 2025

Abstract Deadline: January 19th, 2026

Notification of Acceptance: February, 2026

The symposium will welcome submissions examining language acquisition and processing in bi-/multilingual populations, broadly defined across the lifespan, and research examining the role that bi/multilingualism plays in wider (neuro)cognition. Research is welcomed that examines language acquisition and processing in early and late bilinguals, L2 and Ln learners, in all domains of language (syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, the lexicon, discourse/pragmatics, and their interfaces) and in language-related neurocognition. We welcome submissions that employ online techniques (e.g. self-paced reading or listening, eye-tracking, ERPs, neuroimaging) and offline methods.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Morphological, syntactic, phonetic, phonological, lexical acquisition and processing
• Crosslinguistic influence in bilingual speech production and comprehension
• Language processing in attrition
• Code-switching
• Cognitive and neurocognitive consequences of bi-/multilingualism
• Neuroscientific studies of bilingual acquisition and processing
• Multimodal language and communication
• Implications of bi/multilingual language processing for teaching