Center for Language, Brain and Learning

@c-labl.bsky.social

We are a research group at @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social focusing on how multiple languages interact in the mind/brain. The center is funded by @mohnfoundation.bsky.social. 🔗https://uit.no/research/clabl

❓Can tiny gaps between words change how the brain repairs grammatical gender? Authors investigated this with EEG in Norwegian speakers, comparing three types of gender violations that keep structural distance constant while varying linear distance. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2026.150390

Graphical abstract fro the article "Linear distance modulates P600 amplitude for gender agreement: An ERP study in Norwegian" by Sarah Cameron, Natalia Kartushina, Björn Lundquist, and Sendy Caffarra.

Last week the Learning Domain held a three-day seminar to review findings and plan next steps. In 25/26 we collected data from ~150 children in five schools on language (Norwegian & English) and cognitive tasks. Thanks to participants and partner schools — have a lovely summer! 🌸

The Learning domain members in Tromsø.
From left to right: Kristine Bentzen, Victoria Anne Murphy, Anne Dahl, Maud Westendrop, Øystein A. Vangsnes, Yulia Rodina, Kristin Killie, Anne Mette Sunde, Monica I. Norvik, Giulia Orsatti, Nina H. Kaldhol, Merete B. Anderssen, Roumyana Slabakova.The Learning domain members in Tromsø.
From left to right: Kristine Bentzen, Victoria Anne Murphy, Anne Dahl, Maud Westendrop, Øystein A. Vangsnes, Yulia Rodina, Kristin Killie, Anne Mette Sunde, Monica I. Norvik, Giulia Orsatti, Nina H. Kaldhol, Merete B. Anderssen, Roumyana Slabakova.

New study by Anna Kamenetski, Natalia Mitrofanova, Julia Ermolina, and Serge Minor examining L1 transfer in L2 aspectual interpretation 🎉 Results support L1 transfer in L2 aspect interpretation and illuminate how crosslinguistic influence interacts with proficiency. 🔗 doi.org/10.3389/flan...

Frontiers | Cross-linguistic influence in the processing of aspect in L2 English: Slavic, but not Norwegian L1 speakers associate past simple with completion

This study investigated the role of L1 influence on how L2 speakers interpret aspectual semantics of English past simple accomplishments. English past simple...

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❓How does structural and lexical similarity between previously acquired languages and a target semi-artificial language influence third language acquisition, and what factors mediate crosslinguistic influence (CLI) at early stages of acquisition? 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0267...

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Happy New Year from C-LaBL! We are pleased to start 2026 with two recently published articles by our members, Yulia Rodina & Jiuzhou Hao, and their collaborators. These studies contribute valuable insights into bilingual language acquisition and developmental language disorders

❓Hvordan påvirker unges bruk av engelsk på sosiale medier utviklingen av det norske språket, og hvilke typer anglisismer har størst sannsynlighet for å bli en varig del av språket? Anne Mette Sunde har skrevet nettopp om dette temaet 😁⤵️ septentrio.uit.no/index.php/ma...

Aldersbetinga variasjon eller språkendring? Om unge nordmenn og engelskpåvirkning | Målbryting

Institutt for språk og kultur, postdoktor ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet

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C-LaBL members are working hard 💪 Four fresh publications involving our members ⤵️ Wulff, Stefanie; Ellis, Nick C.; Rothman, Jason (2025). Dichotomies as points of departure: A response to Truscott and Sharwood Smith (2024). 🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02676583251389445

Holding it Together Over Time: Multilingual engagement, working memory and resting state brain activity Our very own Anders Gabrielsen will talk about whether degree of multilingual engagement contributes to the maintenance of working memory (WM) performance across the adult lifespan 🇳🇴🇬🇧🧠👶👧👩‍🦰👵

MC/HL2C Seminar: Anders Gabrielsen, Wednesday 12 November, 12:00pm - Lancaster University

This event is co-organised by the Multilingualism and Cognition Research Group, the Heritage Language 2 Consortium (HL2C), and UiT’s Center for Language, Brain and Learning (C/LaBL) Brain Domain.

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The Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures at AMU, Poznań (Poland) will host the workshop “Bidirectional cross-linguistic effects of structural similarity in child multilingualism”. Keynote lectures by leading international experts on child bilingualism and language attrition 🌟

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