Multilingualism Research Centre of Excellence

The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pannonia operates the Multilingualism Research Centre of Excellence. Three research groups have been developed within this centre, based on the three modules of the Multilingualism Doctoral School, which studies multilingualism from the following aspects:

• Individual multilingualism (leader: Prof. Dr. Judit Navracsics)
• Societal multilingualism (leader: Dr. Andrea Parapatics)
• Instructed multilingualism (leader: Dr. Szilvia Bátyi)

For a more detailed description, please, see the different research groups!

 Individual Multilingualism Research Group

Leader: Prof. Dr. Judit Navracsics

Focus: psycholinguistic aspects of multilingualism  

Research areas:

• language acquisition,
• language development,
• multilingual processing,
• language attrition,
• language disorders,
• language and brain,
• neurolinguistics

Publications:

P Ihász, A Benyhe, G Sáry, Z Juhász, J Navracsics (2023) Phonological awareness of bilinguals in visual word recognition Strani jezici: časopis za primijenjenu lingvistiku 52 (1), 49-73

P Ihász, A Benyhe, G Sáry, Z Juhász, J Navracsics (2023) Magyar–angol kétnyelvűek vizuális szófelismerési mintái ANYANYELV-PEDAGÓGIA 16 (1), 23-43

A Parapatics, F Bunta, M Fürész-Mayernik, J Bóna, J Navracsics, S Bátyi (2023) The past and present of natural and instructional bilingualism and multilingualism in Hungary John Benjamins Publishing

P Ihász, A Benyhe, G Sáry, Z Juhász, J Navracsics (2023) Visual word recognition patterns of hungarian-english bilinguals–homograph effect in bilingual language decision Alkalmazott Nyelvtudomány 23 (1), 36-58

D Oktavia, S Batyi, A Mukminin, ML Santos, ET Astrero, JM Torress, ... (2023) The manifestation of interlanguage pragmatics in direct and indirect request strategies used by international students Studies in English Language and Education 10 (3), 1379-1401

A Stavans, M Ashkenazi (2022) Heritage language maintenance and management across three generations: The case of Spanish-speakers in Israel International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 25 (3), 963-983

A Stavans, U Jessner (2022) The Cambridge handbook of childhood multilingualism Cambridge University Press

J Navracsics (2022) Infant bi-and multilingual development The Cambridge Handbook of Childhood Multilingualism, 13-37

K de Bot, S Bátyi (2022) Bilingual models of speaking The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking, 9-23

R Ghanmi, J Navracsics (2021) The relationship of metalinguistic awareness with motivation and proficiency in bi-and multilingual learners of Hungarian as an additional foreign language ALKALMAZOTT NYELVTUDOMÁNY 21 (2), 136-154

J Navracsics, L Darzhinova (2020) The Use of PsychToolbox-3 for Tracking Bilingual Sentence Processing and Comprehension. CMCL, 123-131

B Szilvia (2020) Only time will tell… Extralinguistic variables in L1 lexical attrition in Bátyi Szilvia–Lengyel Zsolt (szerk.) Kétnyelvűség: magyar és nem magyar …

A Ismail, J Navracsics (2019) The case of Jasmin ALKALMAZOTT NYELVTUDOMÁNY 19 (1)

I Smari, J Navracsics (2019) Multilingualism and its impact on identity: Tunisian case study Alkalmazott Nyelvtudomány 19 (1)

J Navracsics (2019) HOW ARE THE WORDS OF TWO LANGUAGES STORED IN THE BILINGUAL BRAIN? Годишњак Филозофског факултета у Новом Саду 44 (1), 19-40

A Stavans, R Webman Shafran (2018) The pragmatics of requests and refusals in multilingual settings International Journal of Multilingualism 15 (2), 149-168

J Navracsics (2018) A kétnyelvű mentális lexikon - létezik egyáltalán? Kétnyelvűség - esély vagy hátrány?, 9-27

J Navracsics (2018) The complexity of self-definition for people living with two languages and two cultures Security Challenges in the 21st Century, 293-315

SE Pfenninger, J Navracsics (2017) Future research directions for applied linguistics Multilingual Matters

J Navracsics, G Sáry (2017) Phonological and semantic awareness of bilinguals and second language learners–potential implications for second language instruction359 Towards New Approaches to Scientific Inquiry: Interdisciplinarity in the …

J Navracsics (2017) Az identitás kérdései két nyelvvel és két kultúrával élők körében Biztonsági kihívások a 21. században, 289-311

J Navracsics (2016) Living with two languages and cultures. The complexity of self-definition for bilingual individuals Hungarian Journal of Applied Linguistics 16 (2), 13

 

Societal Multilingualism Research Group

Leader: Dr. Andrea Parapatics

Focus: sociolinguistics of multilingualism

Research areas:

• linguistic minorities,
• minority issues,
• identity,
• language policy,
• language varieties,
• linguistic landscape,
• sociolinguistic aspect of code-switching,
• mutual intelligibility

Publications:

L Tolchinsky, A Stavans (2023) Cultural shaping of standpoint and reasoning in analytical writing in Rogers, Paul, Russell, David, Carlino, Paula y Marine, Jonathan

A PARAPATICS (2021) Idegen tulajdonnevek ejtése a magyar szinkronban Névtani Értesítő 43, 69-79.

A Parapatics, Z Lengyel (2021) A regionális nyelvi háttér és a második nyelv elsajátításával kapcsolatos motivációk vizsgálata: egy kísérlet tanulságaiból ANYANYELV-PEDAGÓGIA 14 (1)

A Parapatics (2020) On Dialect Awareness in the Middle Transdanubian Region of Hungary ALKALMAZOTT NYELVTUDOMÁNY 20 (1), 1-19

A Parapatics (2020) TEACHERS’ATTITUDES TOWARDS REGIONAL DIALECTS IN HUNGARY DIDACTICAE 08, 59

A Parapatics (2020) Balaton vidéki fiatalok tájszókészletéről egy kérdőíves vizsgálat tükrében Magyar Nyelv 116 (3), 337-351

A Stavans, R Porat (2019) Codeswitching in multilingual communities Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Multilingualism: The Fundamentals 19, 123

S Bátyi, B Farran, A Ismail, M Popova, H Sa’ed, I Smari  #ECOC2023 – Are we ready? The linguistic landscape of the high street of Veszprém Alkalmazott Nyelvtudomány 2019 (2)

P Andrea (2018) Nyelvjárástani munkafüzet: feladatok a magyar nyelv területi változatosságának megismeréséhez Tinta

C Gooskens, VJ Van Heuven, J Golubović, A Schüppert, F Swarte, S Voigt (2018) Mutual intelligibility between closely related languages in Europe International Journal of Multilingualism 15 (2), 169-193

S Bátyi (2017) The role of attitudes in the development of Russian as a foreign language: A retrospective study Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 7 (1), 149-167

Á Veszelszki, A Parapatics (2016) From cooperation to compassion: Death and bereavement on social networking websites de Gruyter

Instructed Multilingualism Research Group

Leader: Dr. Szilvia Bátyi

Focus: investigating multilingualism through instruction

Research areas:

• teaching second and third languages,
• language learner’s variability,
• effects of multilingual education,
• developing metalinguistic awareness

Publications:

G De Angelis, A Stavans (2024) Assessing multilinguals: Critical “wh-” questions about testing multiple language speakers in (non) educational contexts Assessment of Plurilingual Competence and Plurilingual Learners in …

A Stavans (2023) Linguistic Diversity in Education: The Case of Israel Diversity Education in the MENA Region: Bridging the Gaps in Language …

N Smit, JS Holtman, WM Lowie, MWG van Dijk, MH Verspoor (2023) Which turn to take? Teachers’ Use of Translanguaging in Foreign Language Classrooms International Journal of Complexity in Education 4 (1)

SZ Ehrlich, A Stavans, B Seroussi (2022) Spelling Errors in Expository Texts Written in Hebrew at the Elementary School Level: A Genre Comparison

EO Breuer, E Lindgren, A Stavans, E Van Steendam (2021) Multilingual literacy Multilingual Matters

A Stavans, E Lindgren (2021) 12 Building the Multilingual Literacy Bridge Multilingual literacy, 260

B Hofer, U Jessner (2019) Multilingualism at the primary level in South Tyrol: How does multilingual education affect young learners’ metalinguistic awareness and proficiency in L1, L2 and L3? The Language Learning Journal 47 (1), 76-87

U Jessner, J Cenoz (2019) Teaching English as a third language Second handbook of English language teaching, 155-172

J NAVRACSICS, C Molnár (2017) Multilingualism, teaching, and learning foreign languages in present-day Hungary Indonesian Research Journal in Education| IRJE|, 29-42

U Jessner (2017) Multicompetence approaches to language proficiency development in multilingual education Bilingual and multilingual education, 161-173

U Jessner, E Allgäuer-Hackl, B Hofer (2016) Emerging multilingual awareness in educational contexts: From theory to practice Canadian modern language review 72 (2), 157-182