isb6
The 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism. May 30 - June 2, 2007, University of Hamburg
The Research Centre on Multilingualism and the University of Hamburg hosted the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB6) from May 30 - June 2, 2007.
We wish to thank the more than 640 scholars who contributed to the ostensible success of ISB6:
We also wish to thank those people and organisations who
- by presenting their research in keynote addresses, paper sessions, poster presentations, and colloquia
- by taking part in scientific dialogue and constructive discussions
We also wish to thank those people and organisations who
- supported ISB6 with advice or as volunteer workers and helpers
- exhibited at the conference
- sponsored or financially supported the event
- ISB1 (Newcastle, 1997)
- ISB2 (Newcastle, 1999)
- ISB3 (Bristol, 2001)
- ISB4 (Tempe, Arizona, 2003)
- ISB5 (Barcelona, 2005)
- ISB6 (Hamburg, 2007)
- ISB7 (Utrecht, 2009)
- ISB8 (Oslo 2011)
- ISB9 (Singapore 2013)
Keynote Speakers and Talks
- Ellen Bialystok (York University, Toronto)
Cognitive Benefits and Linguistic Costs of Bilingualism Across the Lifespan
Sponsored by Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Cambridge University Press) - Sascha W. Felix (University of Passau)
Second Language Acquisition Research: Glories and Tragedies - David W. Green (University College London)
Structure and Function in the Bilingual Brain - Kenneth Hyltenstam (Stockholm University)
The Incidence of Nativelikeness among Second Language Users – a Maturational Account - Virginia Yip (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The Logical Problem of Bilingual Acquisition
Abstracts
- The booklet containing the abstracts of all accepted colloquia, papers and posters and of the keynote talks is available online (PDF).
