A Károli Gáspár Református Egyetemen tart vendégelőadást Kristin Vold Lexander, a University of Inland Norway professzora és kutatásunk külső tanácsadója. Előadásának címe: Family multilingualism in the post-digital age – Sociolinguistic perspectives on an emerging field.

Időpont:2026. október 20. (kedd), 16:00–17:30.

Helyszín:Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem, Reviczky utca 6., alagsori nagyelőadó (P.05). 

Kristin Vold Lexander kutatási területe a többnyelvűség és a digitális kommunikáció összefüggései. Társszerzője a 2023-ban megjelent Multilingual Families in a Digital Age: Mediational Repertoires and Transnational Practices című kötetnek, amely a brit alkalmazott nyelvészeti társaság (BAAL) 2024-es könyvdíján második helyezést ért el.

Az előadás rövid összefoglalója: In this talk, I present the emerging field of research on digitally mediated practices in multilingual transnational families. These works investigate how the proliferation of digital tools and their integration into families’ everyday life on- and offline affect their linguistic repertoires, in particular their heritage language use, and their family bonds. First, I focus on the three fields that this research builds on: Family language policy research (FLP), including critical perspectives, studies of online multilingualism, and works on online family-making in other domains than linguistics. Second, I provide an overview of the current state of the field, including theoretical, methodological and empirical dimensions, bringing in examples from ethnographic research with Norwegian-Senegalese families. Finally, I suggest paths for future research.

Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk az előadásra!

Kristin Vold Lexander, a professor at the University of Inland Norway and an external adviser to our research project, will be giving a guest lecture at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church. The title of the lecture is: Family multilingualism in the post-digital age – Sociolinguistic perspectives on an emerging field.

Date:Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 16:00–17:30.

Venue:Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Reviczky utca 6, basement lecture hall (P.05).

Kristin Vold Lexander’s research focuses on the interrelationships between multilingualism and digital communication. She is a co-author of the volume Multilingual Families in a Digital Age: Mediational Repertoires and Transnational Practices, published in 2023, which was awarded second place in the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) 2024 Book Prize.

A brief summary of the talk: In this talk, I present the emerging field of research on digitally mediated practices in multilingual transnational families. These works investigate how the proliferation of digital tools and their integration into families’ everyday life on- and offline affect their linguistic repertoires, in particular their heritage language use, and their family bonds. First, I focus on the three fields that this research builds on: Family language policy research (FLP), including critical perspectives, studies of online multilingualism, and works on online family-making in other domains than linguistics. Second, I provide an overview of the current state of the field, including theoretical, methodological and empirical dimensions, bringing in examples from ethnographic research with Norwegian-Senegalese families. Finally, I suggest paths for future research.

All are welcome to attend the lecture.