Program for Transdisciplinary Approaches to Language Variation (TALV 2) Day 1 (Friday, February 15) 08.45–09.15 registration & coffee 09.15–09.30 welcome & introduction 09.30–10.30 Invited speaker: Evelina Variation in cognitive development: Leivada (UiT–The Arctic University Deciphering the bilingual of Norway) advantage 10.30–11.00 Sviatlana Karpava (UCLan– The effect of bilingualism on Cyprus), Maria Kambanaros macro-structural narrative skills (Cyprus University of Technology) & Kleanthes K. Grohmann (University of Cyprus) 11.00–11.30 coffee break 11.30–12.00 Wonil Chung, Myung-Kwan Korean English L2ers’ sensitivity to Park (Dongguk University), Sun- information structure: An ERP Woong Kim (Kwangwoon study University) & Gui-Sun Moon (Hansung University) 12.00–13.00 Invited speaker: Stavroula On why related varieties don’t Tsiplakou (Open University of converge: Structural and Cyprus) sociolinguistic factors 13.00–14.15 lunch break 14.15–15.15 Invited speaker: Gereon Müller Antilocality and Gradient Harmonic (University of Leipzig) Grammar 15.15–15.45 Olga Steriopolo (Leibniz–ZAS How the Russian diminutive syntax Berlin) may influence the diminutive syntax in Kolyma Yukaghir and Itelmen 15.45–16.15 coffee break 16.15–16.45 Daeho Chung (Hanyang University) Chinese vs. Korean variation in & Myung-Kwan Park (Dongguk Wh/indefinite conditionals University) 16.45–17.15 Gui-Sun Moon (Hansung How do L2ers comprehend voice University), Sun-Woong Kim mismatch in ellipsis? An ERP (Kwangwoon University), Jeong-Ah account Shin (Dongguk University), Hae- Kyung Wee (Dankook University), Jong Un Park, Myung-Kwan Park & Wonil Chung (Dongguk University) 17.15–18.15 Invited speaker: Natalia Pavlou Marking variation in bilectals: (University of Cyprus) Discourse and argument structure 19.00–… workshop dinner Day 2 (Saturday, February 16) 09.30–10.30 Invited speaker: Naama Critical period for first language Friedmann (Tel-Aviv University) acquisition 10.30–11.00 Myung-Kwan Park, Wonil Chung A neurophysiological investigation (Dongguk University), Say Young of translation and morphological Kim (Hanyang University), Sun- priming in biscriptal bilinguals Woong Kim (Kwangwoon University) & Gui-Sun Moon (Hansung University) 11.00–11.30 coffee break 11.30–12.00 Euiyon Cho, Wonil Chung & Experimental L2 Myung-Kwan Park (Dongguk semantics/pragmatics of scalar University) implicature: An ERP study 12.00–13.00 Invited speaker: Elena Using the Social Network Theory Ioannidou (University of Cyprus) to unfold variation within and across linguistic communities: The case of Rome(i)ka among a group of Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus 13.00–14.00 lunch break 14.00–15.00 Invited speaker: John Drury Looking forward vs looking back: (Stony Brook University) Cross-linguistic variation & negative polarity licensing and intrusion 15.00–15.30 Ji Young Shim (American University Portmanteau sentences in code- of Sharjah) switching 15.30–16.00 coffee break 16.00–16.30 Ana Paula S. P. Jakubów (Centro On the effect of variable input and Universitário Celso Lisboa/LAPAL PUC- schooling in the production of Rio) & Letícia M. S. Corrêa number agreement by Brazilian (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Portuguese-speaking children: Janeiro/ LAPAL PUC-Rio) Evidence of bilingualism? 16.30–17.00 Elena Kkese & Sviatlana Speech perception in L2 English: Karpava (UCLan–Cyprus) Insights from a phoneme identification task 17.00–17.30 Joel Walters (Hadassah Academic Variance, variation and other College) close cousins: Diversity in second language use around 17.30 farewell & joint relocation to Nicosia The workshop venue is Lecture Hall 2 on the ground floor in the Tassos Papadopoulos Building (corner of Themidos and Ifigenias streets), Cyprus University of Technology. .