Bilingualism

Bilingualism research is one of the recent areas of research at the Center. Our primary area of interest is how two different language systems co-exist when one person is (almost) equally fluent in two languages. It is known that changes or even attrition of grammatical categories can happen in a less dominant language under influence of a more dominant language. These changes can be detected with modern experimental methods, such as eyetracking or self-paced reading.


Current projects

Evidentiality category in Bashkir language
Nenets-Russian bilingualism at Yamal 
Anaphoric reference in Spanish natives and Spanish L2 learners 
Comprehension of relative clauses in West Circassian (Adyghe) language  
LexTALE for Russian, Tatar and West Circassian  
Tatar Aphasia Test