Nikolay Slavkov

English | French | Bulgarian
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Interests

My research interests are in second language acquisition, bilingualism, generative syntax, psycholinguistics, and discourse analysis.

Publications
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DISSERTATION
Slavkov, N. (2009) The acquisition of complex wh- questions in the L2 English of Canadian French and Bulgarian speakers: Medial wh- constructions, inversion phenomena, and avoidance strategies.
University of Ottawa.

PROCEEDINGS:

Slavkov, N. (submitted) “A Fine Balance: Shifts between passive and active bilingualism” Proceedings of the 2012 Association canadienne de linguistique (ACL) / Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA).

Slavkov, N. (2011)      Derivational Complexity Effects in L2 Acquisition. In Peer-Reviewed Proceedings of the 4th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America Conference (GALANA4). Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Slavkov, N. (2008) “Medial Wh- Words and Inversion Phenomena in Complex Questions: The Case of Canadian French Speakers Acquiring L2 English.” In Proceedings of the 9th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2007), ed. Roumyana Slabakova et al., 218-232. Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Slavkov, N. (2007) “Clitics and Argument Position: Evidence for the Double Object Construction in Bulgarian.” In Linguistic Investigations into Formal Description of Slavic Languages: Contributions of the Sixth European Conference (FDSL 2005), Peter Kosta and Lilia Schürcks (eds.), 333-343. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:

Slavkov, N. (2008) “Formal Consequences of Dative Clitic-Doubling in Bulgarian Ditransitives: An Applicative AnalysisJournal of Slavic Linguistics 16.1 (2008 Spring).

MANUSCRIPTS / IN PREPARATION:

Slavkov, N. “Long-distance wh- movement and long-distance wh- movement avoidance in L2 English: Evidence from French and Bulgarian speakers.” (under revision)

Slavkov, N.  “Childhood Bilingualism: Maintenance and Attrition” (pending submission to a peer reviewed journal)

Rivero, M. & N. Slavkov “Bulgarian Imperfectives: A Comparative View” (pending submission to a peer reviewed journal).


REVIEW ARTICLES:
Slavkov, N. (2007) Olga Arnaudova, Wayles Browne, María Luisa Rivero and Danijela Stojanović, eds. Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics #12: The Ottawa Meeting 2003. Ann Arbor : Michigan Slavic Publications. 2004. Pp. v + 439. Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa / Ottawa Papers in Linguistics.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Slavkov, N. (2012) “Childhood bilingualism: A case of language attrition and recovery” Paper presented at the 31st annual Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Oct. 18-21, 2012.

Slavkov, N. (2012) “A Fine Balance: Shifts between passive and active bilingualism” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA), Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada. May 26-28, 2012.

Slavkov, N. (2010) “Towards an acquisition hierarchy in L2 English wh- movement” To be presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA/ACL), Montreal, Canada. May 29-31, 2010.

Slavkov, N. (2009) “Mechanisms of long-distance wh- movement avoidance in the spoken productions of French-Canadian and Bulgarian learners of L2 English” Presented at the European Second Language Association Conference (EUROSLA 19), Cork, Ireland. September 2–5, 2009.

Slavkov, N. (2008) “Competing representations to target complex questions in L2 English” Paper presented at the European Second Language Association Conference (EUROSLA 18), Aix en Provence, France. September 10–13, 2008 .

Slavkov, N. (2008) “Long-distance wh- movement or sequential questions: Medial wh- constructions in the L2 English of French and Bulgarian speakers” Paper presented at the Facing Movement Workshop, Barcelona, Spain. August 23–24, 2008.

Slavkov, N. (2007) “Medial wh- constructions in L2 English: A system extending beyond L1 and L2” Paper presented at the Canadian Linguistic Association Conference (CLA), Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 26 – 29, 2007.

Slavkov, N. (2007) “Medial wh- words and inversion phenomena in complex questions: The case of Canadian French speakers acquiring L2 English.” Paper presented at the 9th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA-9), Iowa City, IW, USA. May 18 – 20, 2007.

Slavkov, N. (2007) “Complex questions in L2 English: medial wh- and embedded inversion.” Paper presented at the Psycholinguistic Shorts Conference (Psychoshorts-’07), Ottawa, ON, Canada. March 24, 2007.

Slavkov, N. (2006) “Wh-copying and wh-scope marking strategies in L2.” Paper presented at the First International Colloquium of the Quebec Student Journal of Linguistics / Revue des Étudiants en Linguistique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada. October 14 – 15, 2007.

Slavkov, N. (2005) “Clitics and Argument Position: Evidence for the Double Object Construction in Bulgarian.” Paper presented at the 6th European Conference on Formal Description of Slavic Languages, Potsdam, Germany. November 30 – December 2, 2005.

Slavkov, N. (2005) “The Dative Alternation and Low Applicative Constructions in Bulgarian.” Paper presented at the Niagara Linguistic Society, Buffalo, NY. September 30 – October 3, 2005.

LONGER PAPERS:
Slavkov, N. (2003) “Legitimizing inequalities through language use: Critical analysis of the Canadian government's discourse on the Live-in Caregiver Program” MA Research Paper. York University, Toronto, Canada.

 

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