Presentation

The main goal of ELEBILAB research group is to study the acquisition and teaching of the languages of the Basque Country, especially Basque.

The socio-discursive point of view is devoted to the analysis of speakers’ attitudes in bi- and multilingual contexts and of oral and written usage of Basque, together with Spanish/French.

From a cognitive point of view, the group investigates language development and usage by (un)impaired adults and children.

Main research areas:

• Child language development

• Early bilingualism

• Oral and written discourse analysis

• Language didactics of Basque

• Language disorders

• Linguistic code-switching

• Teaching and learning of Basque (minority language) in plurilingual educational contexts

• Language attitudes