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DESCRIPTION:Reference tracking requires the language user to both infer cor
 rect pronoun-referent mappings and dynamically update the discourse model 
 following a change of referent status. Bilingual speakers of languages tha
 t allow a choice of pronominal forms (such as Italian and German) inconsis
 tently extend the scope of the marked pronoun\, both in production and in 
 comprehension\; in late bilinguals\, these effects are attested in both th
 e native and the second language\, suggesting a convergence between L2 acq
 uisition and L1 attrition. In contrast\, linguistic structures that are le
 ss dependent on the integration of unpredictable contextual information ar
 e more stable in bilingual use. I will argue that becoming bilingual affec
 ts specific aspects of non-linguistic attentional control involved in the 
 encoding of anaphoric relations\, and this in turn leads to the selective 
 effects attested in both the L1 and the L2 of advanced late bilinguals. Mo
 re generally\, the convergence between L1 and L2 may be a marker of flexib
 ility and the result of a reorganization of the language system that allow
 s successful late bilinguals to efficiently handle cross-language competit
 ion.\n\n\nDr. Sorace's research focuses on a number of interrelated questi
 ons that bring together linguistics\, experimental psychology and cognitiv
 e science\, and her research achievements and publications span different 
 sub-fields of scientific enquiry. She is a world leading authority on bili
 ngualism over the lifespan and is particularly well known for her studies 
 of exceptionally talented ('near-native') adult second language speakers\;
  for her research on the changes ('attrition') that take place in the nati
 ve language of advanced second language speakers\; for her investigation o
 f bilingual language acquisition in early and late childhood\, and of the 
 effects of bilingualism in non-linguistic domains. She is also internation
 ally known for her contribution to language typology\, especially for her 
 research on constrained variation at the lexicon-syntax interface\, which 
 she has investigated in many languages\, and her studies of gradience in n
 atural language. Moreover\, she has given an important contribution to exp
 erimental methods in linguistics by pioneering the use of Magnitude Estima
 tion as a technique for the elicitation of linguistic acceptability judgme
 nts. She is committed to disseminating the findings of research on bilingu
 alism outside academia. She is the founding director of the information an
 d consultancy centre Bilingualism Matters and was awarded a Beltane Fellow
 ship for Public Engagement.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, Goodman Cancer Research Centre\, Room 501\, 1200 Pine Avenue 
 West
SUMMARY:L1 attrition meets L2 acquisition in successful late bilingualism: 
 reference tracking and executive functions
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