The Multilingual Mind: Language Development and Methodology

2012 CNY Humanities Corridor Symposium

The Multilingual Mind: Language Development and Methodology ORGANIZED BY Tej K. Bhatia & William C. Ritchie Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

October 27 & 28 211 Hall of Languages Syracuse University

DAY ONE: OCTOBER 27, 2012 1:30 pm

WELCOME Gregg Lambert, Founding Director, SU Founding Director, SU Humanities Center Gail Bulman, Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

SPONSORED BY: The Central New York Humanities Corridor, from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation SU Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics Latino-Latin American Studies

Session 1: 2:00—3:00 pm KEYNOTE I: Barbara Lust, Cornell University

Pursuing the Process of Bilingual Development in the Young Child: An Enriched Case Study Methodology Provides New Evidence Chair: Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

Session 2: 3:30—4:30 pm PRESENTER: Carissa Kang, Cornell University

A Differentiated Test of Executive Attention Reveals Cognitive Benefits of Child Bilingualism Across Cultures. PRESENTERS: Kathryn Womack and Jim Male, Rochester Institute of Technology Mentors: Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Anne Haake, Cara Calvelli Towards understanding diagnostic cognitive reasoning of physicians Chair: James W. Gair, Cornell University

The Multilingual Mind: Language Development and Methodology DAY ONE CONTINUED Session 3: 4:45 - 5:45 pm Panel: Multilinguals and Academic Discourse I Organizer: Stan Van Horn, Rochester Institute of Technology

Negotiating Meanings in Transnational Academic Discourse Panel participants: Stanley Van Horn, Rochester Institute of Technology David S. Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology Elisabetta D’Amanda, Rochester Institute of Technology Chair: Iswari Pandey, Syracuse University

Dinner: 6:30pm GENESEE GRANDE HOTEL, Capital Club Room 1600 East Genesee Street, Syracuse

DAY TWO: October 28, 2012 7:30—8:30 am

Breakfast GENESEE GRANDE HOTEL

Session 4: 9:00—10:00 am Keynote II: Gerald P. Berent, National Institute of Deaf. Rochester Institute of Technology Code Mixing on Steroids: Multimodal Sign Language-Spoken

Language Bilingual Communication Chair: William C. Ritchie, Syracuse University

The Multilingual Mind: Language Development and Methodology DAY TWO CONTINUED Session 5: 10:30am—12:00pm Workshop on Language Documentation and Field Linguistics Organizer: Scott Paauw, University of Rochester Working with Language Communities Scott Paauw, University of Rochester Field Semantics and Pragmatics Scott Ander Bois, University of Rochester Field Linguistics: Real-life Experiences in the Amazon & Metadata and Archiving Wilson Silva and Jared O'Loughlin, University of Rochester Chair: Amanda Brown, Syracuse University

Session 6: 12:15pm—1:15pm Panel: Multi-linguals and Academic Discourse II Organizer: Stanley Van Horn, Rochester Institute of Technology

Cross-cultural performance and academic literacy Panel participants: Tanya Schueler, Rochester Institute of Technology Lisa Swovick, Rochester Institute of Technology Lori Nolasco, Rochester Institute of Technology Steve Foulkrod, Syracuse University Deb McGraw , Syracuse University Maureen Edmonds , Syracuse University Chair: Maria Emma Ticio Quesada, Syracuse University

Closing Remarks Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University