In November 2014, a branch of Bilingualism Matters opened at the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia, under the name Večjezičnost velja, as part of the EU funded AThEME project. Following the end of the project in February 2019 the branch temporarily suspended operations but has reopened and rejoined the network as of December 2020.
Branch aims
- Inform the public, in particular families, about bilingualism and raising bilingual children
- Support minority languages
- Create a network for bilingual families to share their experiences
- Support local policy makers working in language education
Get in touch
Visit their website: Večjezičnost velja
Follow them on twitter: @VecjezicnostUNG
Like their Facebook page: /Večjezičnost velja
The Nova Gorica team
Prof. Penka Stateva
Branch Director, Associate Professor of Linguistics
Penka Stateva is Associate professor of Linguistics at the University of Nova Gorica's Centre for Cognitive Science of Language.
Research interests - Semantics; Multi- & Bilingualism & Biliteracy; Slavic Languages; Pragmatics; Formal syntax
Prof. Penka StatevaBranch Director, Associate Professor of Linguistics
Prof. Rok Žaucer
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Rok Zauker is Assstant Professor of linguistics and Head of the Center for Cognitive Science of Language at the University of Nova Gorica.
Research interests - comparative syntax, morphology, characteristics of Slovenian dialects
Prof. Rok ŽaucerAssistant Professor of Linguistics
Prof. Franc Marusic
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Post-Doctoral researcher at university of Nova Gorica's Centre for Cognitive Science of Language
Research interests - Slovenian dialectal syntax; DP syntax; Phase theory, non-simultaneous spell-out/transfer to LF and PF; Language consultancy (theory and practice); Acquisition of numbers; Experimental Morphosyntax of South Slavic Languages
Prof. Franc MarusicAssociate Professor of Linguistics
Prof. Arthur Stepanov
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Arthur Stepanov is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nova Gorica's Centre for Cognitive Science of Language.
Research interests - formal syntax and sentence processing with a focus on structural hierarchies and structural dependencies; Slavic languages; linguistically represented mathematical concepts such as number, counting, and recursion; similarities between language and music cognition.
Prof. Arthur StepanovAssociate Professor of Linguistics
Petra Mišmaš
PhD candidate in Linguistics
Petra Mišmaš is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Nova Gorica's Centre for Cognitive Science of Language.
Research interests - syntax; wh-questions; Slavic languages; language consulting.
