Dr. Antonella Sorace

Biography

Antonella Sorace is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh, with an honorary professorship at University College London. She is a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her academic journey includes research appointments and visiting professorships at prestigious institutions worldwide, including the University of Utrecht, Johns Hopkins University, and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. She is an internationally recognized authority in bilingualism across the lifespan, known particularly for her studies on exceptionally talented adult language speakers and the attrition of native languages among advanced language speakers. Sorace’s research extends to investigating bilingual language acquisition, language typology, and the gradience of the lexicon-syntax interface in various languages. She has made significant contributions to experimental methods in linguistics, including pioneering the Magnitude Estimation technique for eliciting linguistic acceptability judgments. In addition, she is the founding director of Bilingualism Matters, a non-profit organization aiming to disseminate research findings on bilingualism to the public and bridge the gap between academia and communities, significantly impacting families, schools, and policymakers.

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