Mattia Zingaretti
Thesis title: When a Foreign Language Interferes with your Native Language: The Relationship between Second Language Acquisition and First Language Attrition in Bilingual Adults
PhD Linguistics and English Language
Year of study: 1
- Linguistics and English Language
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: mattia.zingaretti@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
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Dugald Stewart Building
- City
- 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Qualifications
2018-present : PhD in Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh
- Project (working title): 'When a Foreign Language Interferes with your Native Language: The Relationship between Second Language Acquisition and First Language Attrition in Bilingual Adults', supervised by Prof Antonella Sorace and Dr Vicky Chondrogianni
2016-17: MSc in English Language, University of Edinburgh
- Dissertation title: 'On Nativeness and Near-nativeness: An Analysis of the Implications of Convergence between L1 Attriters and L2 Speakers', supervised by Prof Antonella Sorace
2013-16: BA in English and German (Italian Laurea con Lode), Università di Roma La Sapienza
- Dissertation title: 'Beyond Native-speakerism: Teaching and Learning Criteria in ELF Use', supervised by Prof Mary Wardle
Responsibilities & affiliations
1. Linguistics and English Language Tutor in the following courses:
- Linguistics and English Language 1A (2018-)
- Linguistics and English Language 1B (2018-)
- First Language Acquisition - Honours (2018-)
- Second Language Acquisition - Honours (2018-)
2. Tutor in the PPLS Writing Centre
3. Linguistics and English Language Social Media Ambassador (research-focus)
Research summary
Second language acquisition; first language attrition; bilingualism; varieties and dialects of English; English as a lingua franca.