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Mission
Objectives
The ultimate objective of the Multilingual Acquisition and Processing (MAP)
project is to promote the use of new experimental paradigms and methods
in the investigation of multilingual/second language acquisition with a
particular emphasis on new approaches involving the tracking of eye
movements during reading, and neuro-physiological techniques for the
measurement of brain activities, such as Positron Emission Tomography
(PET), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRIs), or Event Related
Potential measurements (ERPs), either alone or in combination with either
linguistic analyses or more conventional psycholinguistic "on-line" experimental
techniques measuring reaction times to various kinds of linguistic stimuli.
Workshops & Network
The principals (J. Archibald, S. E. Carroll, and D. Saddy) are organizing
three workshops (two in Potsdam, Germany and one in Calgary, Canada)
bringing together European, Canadian and American researchers in bilingual
acquisition and SLA who are interested in adding these new approaches to their
arsenal of research methods and researchers in experimental psycholinguistics
who can provide insights into the advantages and disadvantages of each
kind of paradigm. A special effort is being made to include young researchers
at the doctoral or post-doctoral level in the workshops.
In addition, we are establishing a network of like-minded researchers,
working on a variety of languages, with a variety of subjects (e.g. beginner,
intermediate, advanced, instructed, naturalistic) in various locations.
The principals will also plan and conduct in each location pilot projects
which will be vetted in the workshops.
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