Dr. Sharon UnsworthSharon Unsworth is post-doc researcher at the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam and Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, where she obtained her PhD in 2005. She has published in international journals on bilingual, first and second language acquisition. She was recently awarded the Keetje Hodshon prize 2009 by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities for her PhD and further publications (click here for more details). She is principal investigator on the Early Child Bilingualism project.
Professor Aafke Hulk Aafke Hulk is Professor at the University of Amsterdam and guest researcher at the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam. She is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of bilingual language acquisition, where she is particularly well known for her proposal concerning if and how a bilingual child’s two languages influence each other. She is collaborator and supervisor on the Early Child Bilingualism project. Dr. Leonie CornipsLeonie Cornips is a senior researcher at the Meertens Institute (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) in Amsterdam. She has published extensively on bilingual child acquisition, sociolinguistics, syntactic microvariation and methodology. She is the main applicant of the Meertens part of the project, and collaborator and supervisor on the Early Child Bilingualism project. Laura TejedorLaura Tejedor is a BA student in Linguistics at Utrecht University. She will obtain her BA in Linguistics in 2010, after which she will start a research master in Linguistics. Her interests include syntax and language acquisition. She works as a research assistant on the Early Child Bilingualism project. Heleen JonesHeleen Jones is a second-year BA student in English Language & Culture at University Utrecht. Raised billingually herself, she is interested in the process of language learning in (bilingual) children and adults. She works as a research assistant for the Early Child Bilingualism project. Gillian Groenen, BA Gillian Groenen is an MA student in Linguistics at Utrecht University. Her interests lie mainly in second language acquisition and bilingualism. She works as a research assistant on the Early Child Bilingualism project.
Tineke Prins, BA Tineke Prins obtained her bachelor degree in Dutch language and culture (with a major in linguistics) at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Now she is a research master (linguistics) student at the same university. She is interested in first and second language acquisition. She works as a research assistant on the Early Child Bilingualism project. Janna Brummel Janna Brummel is a third-year BA student in English Language and Culture at Utrecht University. She will obtain her BA in 2010, after which she would like to start a research master in Linguistics. She is mainly interested in first and second language acquisition and psycholinguistics. She works as a research assistant on the Early Child Bilingualism project. Marjolein Backer, MAMarjolein Backer received her bachelor in Dutch Sign Language Sciences from the University of Amsterdam. During this bachelor she followed a minor in Second and Foreign Language Acquisition and she found this very interesting. After she obtained her bachelor, Marjolein started a master in General Linguistics. She received her master degree last year. Her main interests are second language acquisition and Dutch Sign Language. Dr. Erfosyni ArgyriErfosyni Argyri is post-doc researcher at the University of Edinburgh. This is also where she obtained her PhD in 2006, the results of which have been published in the international journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. As part of the Early Child Bilingualism project, she will investigate the linguistic development of Greek in English/Greek child bilinguals. Professor Antonella SoraceAntonella Sorace is Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. With research interests spanning the fields of linguistics, experimental psychology and cognitive science, she is a leading authority in the field of bilingual language development. She is collaborator and supervisor on the Early Child Bilingualism project. Professor Ianthi TsimpliIanthi Tsimpli is Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has published extensively on first and second language acquisition in typical and atypical populations. She is a collaborator on the Early Child Bilingualism project.
The Early Child Bilingualism project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Research assistants Spring 2009
From left to right: Liv Persson, Linda van Meel, Marlous Neleman, Jetske Blonk & Marije Brugman (not in this picture: Laura Tejedor)
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