WA Distinguished Professors' Lectures Series features internationally renowned scholars visiting the Faculty of English to share their research and professional expertise with the faculty and students. The Faculty of English welcomes everyone to a lecture Integration and dynamicity in bilingual speech perception by Prof. Charles Chang from Boston University. The lecture will take place on March 21 (Thursday), 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in room 109A, Collegium Novum.
Integration and dynamicity in bilingual speech perception
by
Prof. Charles Chang
Thursday, March 21, 6:30 p.m.
109A Collegium Novum
This talk will discuss aspects of native (L1) and nonnative (L2) speech perception in sequential bilingual adults of various L1 backgrounds immersed in an L2 (English) environment. Two studies will be presented: the first study focuses on how L1 knowledge transfers to L2 perception, and the second study on how L1 perception is affected by L2 immersion. The findings support a view of the linguistic system(s) undergirding L1 and L2 perception as integrative, adaptive, and dynamic, yet also constrained by developmental changes correlated with age.
Charles Chang is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Boston University and director of the Phonetics, Acquisition & Multilingualism Lab (PAMLab). His research concerns the role of linguistic experience in shaping phonetic and phonological knowledge throughout life, with a particular focus on the processing, representation, and development of speech sounds in the context of second language learning, multilingualism, and language contact. Links to publications can be found on his website at cbchang.com.
