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31 October 2024 (1-2 pm)

Second online INTERACT talk by prof. Ad Backus about usage-based theories and language transfer.

In its final year, the INTERACT network will offer a series of video lectures by leading scholars on different theories which are potentially relevant to a wide variety of disciplines dealing with diverse language-contact phenomena, including translation and interpreting, codeswitching, foreign language learning etc. By doing so, INTERACT wants to play an active role in stimulating more theoretical awareness, leading to more profound theoretical foundations of empirical research into language contact situations.INTERACT members will be invited via email to attend.

9 December 2024 (1-2 pm)

Third online INTERACT talk by prof. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi about probabilistic grammar in language-contact settings.

In its final year, the INTERACT network will offer a series of video lectures by leading scholars on different theories which are potentially relevant to a wide variety of disciplines dealing with diverse language-contact phenomena, including translation and interpreting, codeswitching, foreign language learning etc. By doing so, INTERACT wants to play an active role in stimulating more theoretical awareness, leading to more profound theoretical foundations of empirical research into language contact situations.INTERACT members will be invited via email to attend.

21 January 2025 (1-2 pm)

Fourth online INTERACT talk by prof. Gerrit Kan Kootstra about language switching in language-contact settings.

In its final year, the INTERACT network will offer a series of video lectures by leading scholars on different theories which are potentially relevant to a wide variety of disciplines dealing with diverse language-contact phenomena, including translation and interpreting, codeswitching, foreign language learning etc. By doing so, INTERACT wants to play an active role in stimulating more theoretical awareness, leading to more profound theoretical foundations of empirical research into language contact situations.INTERACT members will be invited via email to attend.

27-30 August 2025 (event pending approval)

Workshop United by language contact. Linguistics and translation and interpreting studies in search of a shared framework at the University of Bordeaux, France.