Multilectal Acquisition, Processing and Use at the Crossroads of Oracy and Literacy
In connection with Anya Vinichenko's PhD defense on 18th February, we organize a workshop the following day on Multilectal Acquisition, Processing and Use at the Crossroads of Oracy and Literacy, featuring contributions from Vinichenko's opponents and researchers who, like Vinichenko, have participated in the RCN funded project Multilectal Literacy in Education, eight contributions altogether.
The workshop is free and open for in-person and online participation. Registration is required for organizational purposes.
19 February 2026, SVHUM E.0101
The event is hosted by the Center for Language, Brain & Learning (C-LaBL) and the MultiLit project.
Link for live streaming (TBA)
09:30-09:45
Coffee
09:45-10:00
Øystein A. Vangsnes1,2 & Björn Lundquist1
Introduction
10.00-10:30
Raphael Berthele3
Adaptation versus learning: Factors shaping the acquisition of multiple languages or dialect
10:30-11:00
Natalia Kartushina4, Audun Rosslund5, Øystein A. Vangsnes1,2 & Julien Mayor4
Dialect Exposure in Infancy: Hurdle or Help? New Insights into Language Processing
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-11:45
Kirsti Lunde2
How do young writers of Norwegian and their teachers handle written norm plurality?
11:45-12:15
Jade Sandstedt5, Mizuki Tanigawa6 & Hjalmar Eiksund5
Self-paced reading reveals multilectal selectivity in Nynorsk and Bokmål sentence processing
12:15-13:15
Lunch
13:15-13:45
Remco Knooihuizen7
Multilectally literate insights from Fryslân – and into the future?
13:45-14:15
Maud Westendorp1 & Göran Söderlund2
Beyond regional differences: The role of linguistic profiles in cognitive and academic outcomes
14:15-14:30
Break with snack
14:30-15:00
Björn Lundquist1
Translating print to sound and Ln to L1:
a common self-teaching mechanism for acquiring new orthographic and phonetic representations
15:00-15:30
Alissa Melinger8
Defining ‘language’: Exploring properties that might distinguish languages from dialects
15:30-16:00
Closing discussion
Affiliations:
1UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
3University of Fribourg
4University of Oslo
5Volda University College
6University of Tokyo
7University of Groningen
8University of Dundee