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Marianne Gullberg
Professor psycholinguistics,Director HumanitiesLab
Linguistics and Phonetics
Centre for Languages and Literature
Phone +46 (0)46 222 03 89
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Marianne Gullberg
Professor Psycholinguistics and Director of the Humanities Lab
Research
- Present projects
- Embodied bilingualism (a Wallenberg Scholar project) (research leader)Most people speak several languages and coordinate speech and gestures in language-specific ways. Yet we know very little about the processes that drive ...
- Multilingualism through the lifespan: The effects of first exposure to an unknown language (research leader)This project explores the capacities and limitations of the human learning mechanism by experimentally examining what learners at different ages can learn ...
- Swedish word order processing in second language learners and native speakers: A psycholinguistic and neurocognitive approach (SWOP2) (research leader)Adult second language learners often have problems using correct word orders in Swedish, but we know little about how they understand orders they do not ...
- Wallenberg Network Initiative: Culture, brain, learning (research leader)This joint project between Lund and Stanford University aims to improve our understanding of how the human brain learns and uses symbolic systems, and ...
My research is multidisciplinary and multimodal. I study adult second language (L2) acquisition and use, L2/bilingual processing, and gesture production and comprehension in acquisition.
I was a staff member at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, the Netherlands, 2000-2009, where I headed the group The Dynamics of Multilingual Processing together with Prof. P. Indefrey (2003-2009). I am also co-founder of the Nijmegen Gesture Centre with Prof. A. Özyurek. In 2012 I was awarded a Wallenberg Scholar grant.
Books (1)
Editorship (8)
- Gullberg, M. & Williams, J. (2012). (Eds.) Cognitive second language acquisition. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Ed. C. Chapelle). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Gullberg, M. & de Bot, K. (2010). (Eds.) Gestures in language development. Benjamins.
- Gullberg, M. & Indefrey, P. (2010). (Eds.) The earliest stages of language learning. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Gullberg, M. & de Bot, K. (2008). (Eds.) Gestures in language development.
- Indefrey, P. & Gullberg, M. (2008). (Eds.) Time to speak: Cognitive and neural prerequisites for time in language. Blackwell.
- McCafferty, S. & Gullberg, M. (2008). (Eds.) Gesture and SLA: Toward an integrated approach.
- Gullberg, M. (2006). (Ed.) Gestures and second language acquisition.
- Gullberg, M. & Indefrey, P. (2006). (Eds.) The cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition. Blackwell.
Articles (39)
- Debreslioska, S., Özyürek, A., Gullberg, M. & Perniss, P. (submitted). Gestural viewpoint signals referent accessibility. Discourse Processes.
- Alferink, I. & Gullberg, M. (2013). French-Dutch bilinguals do not maintain obligatory semantic distinctions: Evidence from placement verbs. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
- Brown, A. & Gullberg, M. (2013). L1-L2 convergence in clausal packaging in Japanese and English. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, 16, 477-494.
- Brown, A. & Gullberg, M. (2012). Multicompetence and native speaker variation in clausal packaging in Japanese. Second Language Research, 28, 415-442.
- Gullberg, M. (2012). Bilingual multimodality in language documentation data. Language Documentation and Conservation, 6, 47-54.
- Gullberg, M., Roberts, L. & Dimroth, C. (2012). What word-level knowledge can adult learners acquire after minimal exposure to a new language?. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 50, 239-276.
- Oliver, G., Gullberg, M., Hellwig, F., Mitterer, H. & Indefrey, P. (2012). Acquiring L2 sentence comprehension: A longitudinal study of word monitoring in noise. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15, 841-857.
- Brown, A. & Gullberg, M. (2011). Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in event conceptualization? Expressions of Path among Japanese learners of English. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 14, 79-94.
- Hickmann, M., Hendriks, H. & Gullberg, M. (2011). Developmental perspectives on the expression of motion in speech and gesture. A comparison of French and English. Language, Interaction and Acquisition, 2, 129-156. John Benjamins.
- Narasimhan, B. & Gullberg, M. (2011). The role of input frequency and semantic transparency in the acquisition of verb meaning: Evidence from placement verbs in Tamil and Dutch. Journal of Child Language, 38, 504-532.
- Brown, A. & Gullberg, M. (2010). Changes in encoding of path of motion after acquisition of a second language. Cognitive Linguistics, 21, 263-286.
- Gullberg, M. (2010). Methodological reflections on gesture analysis in SLA and bilingualism research. Second Language Research, 26, 75-102.
- Gullberg, M. & Narasimhan, B. (2010). What gestures reveal about the development of semantic distinctions in Dutch children's placement verbs. Cognitive Linguistics, 21, 239-262.
- Gullberg, M., Roberts, L., Dimroth, C., Veroude, K. & Indefrey, P. (2010). Adult language learning after minimal exposure to an unknown natural language. Language Learning, 60, 5-24.
- Indefrey, P. & Gullberg, M. (2010). The earliest stages of language learning: introduction. Language Learning, 60, 1-4. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Veroude, K., Norris, D., Shumskaya, E., Gullberg, M. & Indefrey, P. (2010). Functional connectivity between brain regions involved in learning words of a new language. Brain and Language, 113, 21-27.
- Gullberg, M. (2009). Gestures and the development of semantic representations in first and second language acquisition. Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrangère…Languages, Interaction, and Acquisition (AILE…LIA), 1, 117-139.
- Gullberg, M. (2009). Reconstructing verb meaning in a second language. How English speakers of L2 Dutch talk and gesture about placement. Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 7, 222-245.
- Gullberg, M. & Kita, S. (2009). Attention to speech-accompanying gestures: Eye movements and information uptake. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 33, 251-277.
- Brown, A. & Gullberg, M. (2008). Bidirectional crosslinguistic influence in L1-L2 encoding of manner in speech and gesture. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 30, 225-251.
- Davidson, D., Indefrey, P. & Gullberg, M. (2008). Words that second language learners are likely to hear, read, and use. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 11, 133-146.
- Gullberg, M. & Indefrey, P. (2008). Cognitive and neural prerequisites for time in language: Any answers?. Language Learning, 58, 207-216.
- Gullberg, M. & McCafferty, S. (2008). Introduction to gesture and SLA: Toward an integrated approach. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 30, 133-146.
- Gullberg, M., de Bot, K. & Volterra, V. (2008). Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development. Gesture, 8, 149-179.
- Gullberg, M., Hendriks, H. & Hickmann, M. (2008). Learning to talk and gesture about motion in French. First Language, 28, 200-236.
- Roberts, L., Gullberg, M. & Indefrey, P. (2008). Online pronoun resolution in L2 discourse: L1 influence and general learner effects. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 30, 333-357.
- Majid, A., Gullberg, M., van Staden, M. & Bowerman, M. (2007). How similar are semantic categories in closely related languages? A comparison of cutting and breaking in four Germanic languages. Cognitive Linguistics, 18, 179-194.
- Gullberg, M. (2006). Handling discourse: Gestures, reference tracking, and communication strategies in early L2. Language Learning, 56, 155-196.
- Gullberg, M. (2006). Some reasons for studying gesture and second language acquisition (Hommage à Adam Kendon). International Review of Applied Linguistics, 44, 103-124.
- Gullberg, M. & Özyürek, A. (2006). Report on the Nijmegen Lectures 2004: Susan Goldin-Meadow 'The Many Faces of Gesture'. Gesture, 6, 151-164.
- Gullberg, M. & Holmqvist, K. (2006). What speakers do and what addressees look at: Visual attention to gestures in human interaction live and on video. Pragmatics & Cognition, 14, 53-82.
- Gullberg, M. & Indefrey, P. (2006). Introduction. Language Learning, 56, 1-8.
- Narasimhan, B. & Gullberg, M. (2006). Perspective-shifts in event descriptions in Tamil child language. Journal of Child Language, 33, 99-124.
- Gullberg, M. (2005). L'expression orale et gestuelle de la cohésion dans le discours de locuteurs langue 2 débutants. Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrangère, 23, 153-172.
- Gullberg, M. (2004). Review of Pointing: Where language, culture and cognition meet, edited by Sotaro Kita. Gesture, 4, 235-248.
- Gullberg, M. (1999). Att ge språket ett handtag: om gester och andra kommunikationsstrategier. LiSetten, 2, 22-24.
- Gullberg, M. (1999). Communication strategies, gestures, and grammar. Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrangère, 2, 61-71.
- Gullberg, M. & Holmqvist, K. (1999). Keeping an eye on gestures: Visual perception of gestures in face-to-face communication. Pragmatics & Cognition, 7, 35-63.
- Gullberg, M. (1996). Gesture as a communication strategy in learners of French and Swedish. Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen, 55, 63-73.
Book chapters (21)
- Gullberg, M. (2013). Språket gör oss till människor : Om nyttan med språkforskningen. In Ståhl, S. (Eds.) Symposiet Forskningens nytta, Lund den 15 maj 2012 (pp. 106-119). Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund.
- Gullberg, M. (2012). Att ha språket i sin hand: Vad gester avslöjar om vuxen andraspråksinlärning. In Lundell, P. (Ed.) Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund Årsbok (pp. 41-52). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Gullberg, M. (2012). Bilingualism and gesture. In Bhatia, T. & Ritchie, W. (Eds.) The handbook of bilingualism and multilingualism, 2nd rev. edition (pp. 417-437). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Gullberg, M. (2012). Gesture analysis in second language acquisition. In Gullberg, M. & Williams, J. (Eds.) Cognitive second language acquisition (The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics; Ed. C. Chapelle). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Gullberg, M. & Burenhult, N. (2012). Probing the linguistic encoding of placement and removal events in Swedish. In Kopecka, A. & Narasimhan, B. (Eds.) Events of putting and taking: A crosslinguistic perspective (pp. 167-182). John Benjamins.
- Narasimhan, B., Kopecka, A., Bowerman, M., Gullberg, M. & Majid, A. (2012). Putting and taking events: A crosslinguistic perspective. In Kopecka, A. & Narasimhan, B. (Eds.) Events of putting and taking: A crosslinguistic perspective (pp. 1-18). Benjamins.
- Williams, J. & Gullberg, M. (2012). Cognitive second language acquisition: An overview. In Gullberg, M. & Williams, J. (Eds.) Cognitive second language acquisition (The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics; Ed. C. Chapelle) (pp. 1-4). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Gullberg, M. (2011). Language-specific encoding of placement events in gestures. In Bohnemeyer, J. & Pederson, E. (Eds.) Event representation in language and cognition (pp. 166-188). Cambridge University Press.
- Gullberg, M. (2011). Multilingual multimodality: Communicative difficulties and their solutions in second language use. In Goodwin, C., LeBaron, C. & Streeck, J. (Eds.) Embodied interaction: Multimodality and mediation (pp. 137-151). Cambridge University Press.
- Gullberg, M. (2011). Thinking, speaking, and gesturing about motion in more than one language. In Pavlenko, A. (Ed.) Thinking and speaking in two languages (pp. 143-169). Multilingual Matters.
- Gullberg, M. (2009). Why gestures are relevant to the bilingual mental lexicon. In Pavlenko, A. (Ed.) The bilingual mental lexicon: Interdisciplinary approaches (pp. 161-184). Multilingual Matters.
- Gullberg, M., Indefrey, P. & Muysken, P. (2009). Research techniques for the study of code-switching. In Bullock, B. & Toribio, J. (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of linguistic code-switching (pp. 21-39). Cambridge University Press.
- Gullberg, M. (2008). A helping hand? Gestures, L2 learners, and grammar. In McCafferty, S. & Gale, S. (Eds.) Gesture: Second language acquisition and classroom research (pp. 185-210). Routledge.
- Gullberg, M. (2008). Gestures and second language acquisition. In Robinson, P. & Ellis, N. (Eds.) Handbook of cognitive linguistics and second language acquisition (pp. 276-305). Routledge.
- Dimroth, C., Gullberg, M. & Roberts, L. (2005). Die erste Begegnung mit einer neuen Sprache: wieviel weiss man nach ein paar Minuten?. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Jahrbuch 2005. K.G. Saur Verlag.
- Gullberg, M. (2003). Eye movements and gestures in human face-to-face interaction. In Hyönä, J., Radach, R. & Deubel, H. (Eds.) The mind's eyes: Cognitive and applied aspects of eye movements (pp. 685-703). Elsevier.
- Gullberg, M. (2003). Gestures, languages, and language acquisition. In Strömqvist, S. (Eds.) The diversity of languages and language learning (pp. 45-56). Lund University.
- Gullberg, M. (2003). Gestures, referents, and anaphoric linkage in learner varieties. In Dimroth, C. & Starren, M. (Eds.) Information structure and the dynamics of language acquisition (pp. 311-328). Benjamins.
- Gullberg, M. & Kita, S. (2003). Das Beachten von Gesten: Eine Studie zu Blickverhalten und Integration gestisch ausgedrückter Information. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Jahrbuch 2003, 949-953. K.G. Saur Verlag.
- Gullberg, M. & Holmqvist, K. (2002). Visual attention towards gestures in face-to-face interaction vs. on screen. In Wachsmuth, I. & Sowa, T. (Eds.) Gesture and sign languages in human-computer interaction (pp. 206-214). Springer.
- Holmqvist, K. & Gullberg, M. (1999). Visual focus on gestures in conversational narratives. In Becker, W., Deubel, H. & Mergner, T. (Eds.) Current oculomotor research: Physiological and psychological aspects (pp. 305-308). Plenum.
Conference papers (4)
- Tutunjian, D. & Gullberg, M. (2013). L1/L2 differences in processing verbal vs. adjectival short passive constructions. 26th annual CUNY conference on human sentence processing, 218. CUNY.
- Gullberg, M. & Holmqvist, K. (2001). Eye tracking and the perception of gestures in face-to-face interaction vs. on screen. In Cavé, C., Guaïtella, I. & Santi, S. (Eds.) (pp. 381-384). Harmattan.
- Gullberg, M. (1998). Gestures and speech in second language interaction. In Santi, S., Guaïtella, I., Cavé, C. & Konopczynski, G. (Eds.) (pp. 641-645). Harmattan.
- Gullberg, M. (1996). Deictic gesture and strategy in second language narrative. In Messing, L. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Workshop on the Integration of Gesture in Language and Speech (pp. 155-164). Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories, University of Delaware.
Working papers (7)
- Gullberg, M. (1999). Gestures in spatial descriptions. Working Papers, 47. Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University.
- Holmqvist, K. & Gullberg, M. (1998). Focus on gesture: visual attention towards gestures in conversation. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 70. Dept. of Cognitive Science.
- Gullberg, M., Morén, J. & Stenfors, I. (1997). The transmission of visual information: an experimental study. Working Papers, 46. Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University.
- Gullberg, M. (1995). Giving language a hand–Gesture as a cue based communicative strategy. Working Papers, 44. Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University.
- Gullberg, M. (1994). Who's doing what to whom - testing the Competition Model on Swedish. Working Papers, 42. Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University.
- Gullberg, M. (1993). Bertil Malmberg Bibliography. Working Papers in Linguistics, 40. Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University.
- Gullberg, M. (1993). The role of co-verbal gestures in second language discourse–a case study. Working Papers, 40. Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University.
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Other tasks and qualifications
Wallenberg Scholar 2012
PI in the Linnaeus Centre Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning' (CCL)
PI in the Wallenberg Network Initiative 'Culture, brain, learning'
PI in the strategic research area eScience:eSSENCE (Uppsala, Lund, Umeå)
Board member the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University
Editorship international journals (see links in the right hand panel)
- Language Learning
- Gesture
- Language, Interaction and Acquisition
Vice-president European Second Language Association (Eurosla) 2003-2007; Co-opted Executive Board Member 1999-2002; 2008-2011.
Eva and Lars Gårding's Prize in Linguistics 2010.
Member of The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
Member of Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund
Conference chair of ISGS 5, the 5th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies 2012: The communicative body in development, July 24-27, 2012
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