APPLICATIONS TO SSoL2026 ARE OPEN TILL 15th 30th MARCH 2026.
The Summer School of Linguistics will take place from 1 to 8 August 2026 in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
The applications are open from 12th February till 15th 30th March 2026. See also page To apply.
Schedule (as of July 11)
Saturday, August 1
ARRIVAL, EVENING PUB
Sunday, August 2
09:45–10:00 Opening
10:00–11:10 de Bruin: An introduction to psycholinguistic research on multilingual language production and comprehension
11:20–12:30 Boll-Avetisyan: From sounds to words: an introduction to foundational psycholinguistic research on infant language development
14:30–15:40 Meziére: Using Eye-Tracking to Study Reading Comprehension Processes
16:00–17:10 Meziére: Defining and Measuring Reading Comprehension
17:30–18:40 POSTER SESSION I
Monday, August 3
10:00–11:10 de Bruin: Multilingual language control and switching: language activation, competition, and the role of context
11:20–12:30 de Bruin: Individual differences in language experiences: why they matter and what to consider when measuring them
14:30–15:40 Boll-Avetisyan: Infant language development in non-Western contexts: similarities, differences, and implications for language acquisition theories
16:00–17:10 Meziére: Eye Movements as Indicators of Reading Comprehension Skills
17:30–18:40 POSTER SESSION II
Tuesday, August 4
10:00–11:10 de Bruin: Ageing and language in monolinguals and multilinguals
11:20–12:30 Boll-Avetisyan: The role of music in infants’ language development: shared mechanisms, shared pathways?
14:30–15:40 Raviv: Studying language evolution in the lab I
16:00–17:10 Meziére: Mind-Wandering and Immersion During Reading/Listening to Literary Texts
17:30–18:40 PANEL DISCUSSION
Wednesday, August 5
10:00–11:10 FREE TIME
11:20–12:30 FREE TIME
14:30–15:40 Tauzin: Recognizing communicative information transfer in infants
16:00–17:10 van Moort: Introduction to Discourse Comprehension
17:30–18:40 Raviv: Studying language evolution in the lab II
Thursday, August 6
10:00–11:10 Tauzin: Communicative mentalization in infants: inferences based on communicative information transfer
11:20–12:30 van Moort: Validation in Reading Comprehension
14:30–15:40 Trujillo: Expressing and Perceiving Communicative Intentions in the Visual Modality
16:00–17:10 Raviv: Introduction to preregistration
17:30–18:40 BRAINSTORMING SESSION
Friday, August 7
10:00–11:10 Tauzin: The difference between human infants and non-human species in understanding communicative cues
11:20–12:30 van Moort: What you read vs. what you know: Text-based vs Knowledge-based Validation
14:30–15:40 Fišer: The secret language of birds – communication we are only beginning to understand
16:00–17:10 Trujillo: Multimodal Communication in Autism
17:30–18:40 Trujillo: Towards More Equitable Advances in Multimodal Language Methods
Saturday, August 8
DEPARTURE
List of speakers
Natalie Boll-Avetisyan (University of Potsdam): (1) From sounds to words: an introduction to foundational psycholinguistic research on infant language development: (2) Infant language development in non-Western contexts: similarities, differences, and implications for language acquisition theories; (3) The role of music in infants’ language development: shared mechanisms, shared pathways?
Angela de Bruin (University of York): (1) An introduction to psycholinguistic research on multilingual language production and comprehension; (2) Multilingual language control and switching: language activation, competition, and the role of context; (3) Individual differences in language experiences: why they matter and what to consider when measuring them; (4) Ageing and language in monolinguals and multilinguals
Ondřej Fišer (University of Trento, starting October 2026): The secret language of birds – communication we are only beginning to understand
Diane Mézière (University of Turku): (1) Using Eye-Tracking to Study Reading Comprehension Processes; (2) Defining and Measuring Reading Comprehension; (3) Eye Movements as Indicators of Reading Comprehension Skills; (4) Mind-Wandering and Immersion During Reading/Listening to Literary Texts
Marloes van Moort (Utrecht University): (1) Introduction to Discourse Comprehension; (2) Validation in Reading Comprehension; (3) What you read vs. what you know: Text-based vs Knowledge-based Validation
Limor Raviv (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics): (1) Studying language evolution in the lab I; (2) Studying language evolution in the lab II; (3) Introduction to preregistration
Tibor Tauzin (University of Vienna): (1) Recognizing communicative information transfer in infants; (2) Communicative mentalization in infants: inferences based on communicative information transfer; (3) The difference between human infants and non-human species in understanding communicative cues
James Trujillo (University of Amsterdam): (1) Expressing and Perceiving Communicative Intentions in the Visual Modality; (2) Multimodal Communication in Autism; (3) Towards More Equitable Advances in Multimodal Language Methods