The ADIM Project - Insights on Multilingual Minds

07/08/2025

When multilinguals hear speech in a certain accent, does that activate syntax from the associated language? We explore this in our most recent paper, the role of accentedness in acceptability judgements in L3 Norwegian: an across-domain investigation - check it out here:

Foreign-accented speech has been explored from various perspectives, yet the current study is one of the first to investigate the role of accentedness in relation to acceptability judgements in mul...

18/07/2025

🎉 New Publication Alert! 🎉

We're excited to share our latest article in the Journal of Phonetics!

📄 Title: Perceived cross-linguistic similarity of retroflexes in trilingual, bilingual and native listener groups
✍️ Authors: Anna Balas, Krzysztof Hwaszcz, Kamil Kaźmierski, Magdalena Wrembel

🧠 The study explores how speakers of multiple languages perceive retroflex sounds—relatively rare globally but found in Norwegian, English, and Polish. The results reveal how multilingual experience shapes sound perception in subtle and fascinating ways.

🔗 https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1lQ1vLix~1H-J

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13/06/2025

Our final episode is here - if you're interested in dialects and accents, listen in! In this one, Chloe is back, along with Prof Wrembel and Kamil, another postdoc from the project. Together they discuss questions like whether we can acquire a local dialect in our third language, and whether hearing a sentence spoken in a certain accent can activate grammar from that language!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wc3zjXOP1HQtWcp24GSfz?si=lki9F9C8Se6VkW1A5rmK9A

When Languages Meet · Episode

07/06/2025

We're back - with new episode Fieldwork and multilingualism: Collecting phonetic data now out! In this ep, Dr Jarek Weckwerth takes us back to the data collection phase, sharing with us practical considerations for collecting good-quality phonetic data in multilingual research! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LF5jWcJl9Y96U3XxnPLsj?si=TZSLKmLnT0SGXnoG6zXvMA

When Languages Meet · Episode

23/05/2025

Secrets of the Multilingual Brain (ep 7) is now out! Check it out to learn about how we study the brain from a linguistic perspective and how we perceive speech sounds in different languages! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cK2WKBEFaJFq4dpebLHGm?si=wTnxFYYwThK7DDTpcfEOiw

When Languages Meet · Episode

16/05/2025

Syntax and sensibility: Grammar in shades of grey, our latest episode, is now out! In this episode, Marta is back and this time she is talking with Sylwiusz about shades of grey in grammar - otherwise known as gradience! Together they discuss all things syntax - and the importance of considering how syntax interfaces with semantics for our understanding of multilinguals' grammars. Check it out here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mln99vCUnhQTG2MP9ug9I?si=B5kdrf4HQWeH6ag31zockg

When Languages Meet · Episode

09/05/2025

📢📢Interested in artificial languages, language dominance, or language activation in the brain? Check out Episode 5 of the podcast, Pieces of the language puzzle: Multilingualism and morphosyntax, where Chloe and Anna share the latest research!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3rci0dSb8HYLHGRjEi8PFi?si=WqTBni-wSM2NJ9l5qw91nQ

When Languages Meet · Episode

02/05/2025

Interested in phonetics and multilingualism? Check out the latest episode of the pod, out today: Phon-tastic: Diving into L3 phonetics! The hosts discuss how we can study speech at both the detailed phoneme level and the broader rhythm and fluency levels to give us insights into how multilinguals navigate their sound systems.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RaXvWwt2Ix3fED6SHuNc6?si=HCXjlScGRymPaCC3NadbCg

When Languages Meet · Episode

25/04/2025

📢📢Of Eggs and Men: Cracking methodology in linguistics, episode 3 in the When Languages Meet miniseries, is now out! In this ep, cohosts Marta and Magda will take you all the way from how to do a simple experiment to explaining the experiments that help us to understand language processing in the mind and brain! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yqMzbe5YjvFJUfsVnnPFc?si=_tTcggLqSK6oFtNdEd_5yQ

When Languages Meet · Episode

18/04/2025

📢 📢Episode 2 is now out! Give it a listen to learn about the nitty-gritty of language domains - how linguists slice up language to answer important questions about linguistics! This ep. may be especially useful for ling undergrads! 🎙️🔎


https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BGfvENiAvd5MSPBdkXST5?si=okLioB7KR4-jRaR3sJ1N_w

When Languages Meet · Episode

15/04/2025

Later this week, you'll hear from cohosts Chloe and Marta - this time all about how linguists slice up language! Here they are pictured with a podcast flyer at the Bilingualism Matters symposium! 🎙️🔊

10/04/2025

📢 📢 Our first episode is now live! In it, Dr Chloe Castle and Dr Marta Velnić discuss all things defining multilingualism, followed by an interview with special guest Professor Marit Westergaard on why understanding multilingualism is important - check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6PhnGw52fR8mOZEkpLiYK0?si=0w1UsX49QLuuTXn6jeaHiw

When Languages Meet · Episode