Despite being perceived as unique, self-contained systems, most languages of the world are not isolated entities, and exist in linguistic continua with other related varieties. Related languages share many properties, giving rise to the global phenomenon of mutual intelligibility, where a speaker of one language can use their native variety to efficiently communicate with a speaker of another language, and vice versa. Our innovative and timely inter-disciplinary workshop is the first of its kind to examine mutual intelligibility from cultural and cognitive as well as linguistic perspectives. By bringing together researchers from a diverse range of fields, this workshop will provide a foundation for the development of multi-disciplinary research collaborations on mutual intelligibility, with the aim of gaining deeper understanding of this complex and important phenomenon, and identifying how various theoretical and empirical research methods can be combined and utilised in future research.
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Charlotte Gooskens, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Professor Bertram Opitz, Professor in Neuroimaging and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Surrey
Dr Eva Eppler, Reader, Department of Media, Culture and Language, University of Roehampton
Andreea Birsanu, Artist, poet and translator
ORGANISERS
Dr Nadezda Christopher, University of Surrey
Dr Catherine Barbour, University of Surrey
Dr Katie Gilligan, University of Surrey
SPONSORS
Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Surrey
Surrey Morphology Group
School of Literature and Languages, University of Surrey
School of Psychology, University of Surrey
