Second Heritage Language Summer Institute:
Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field
Antonella Sorace (Laurea, University of Rome; MA, University of Southern California; PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on linguistics, experimental psychology and cognitive science. She is an authority in the field of bilingual language development, where she is particularly well known for her studies of exceptionally talented ("near-native") adult second language speakers; for her research on the changes ("attrition") that take place in the native language of advanced second language speakers; and for her investigation of simultaneous bilingual first language acquisition in early and late childhood.
