Dr Eirini Sanoudaki
Reader in Linguistics (Bilingualism)
Overview
Dr Eirini Sanoudaki ‘s research examines language in monolingual and bilingual speakers, focussing on children with developmental conditions such as Down syndrome. She collaborates with the Down's syndrome Association and other external partners on projects studying language and cognitive skills in typical and atypical development, and has published extensively in the field.
She pioneered research on language development in neurodiverse Welsh-English bilingual children, and has attracted UKRI funding for projects in this field. In 2021, she won a national award for the use of Welsh in the workplace.
She is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Director of Welsh Language Matters in the School of Arts, Culture and Language and has been Leader of the Bilingualism Pathway for the ESRC/Wales DTP.
Eirini is passionate about bilingualism, and about encouraging the learning and use of Welsh.
Latest events:
Child Bilingualism: interactive workshop. ESRC Festival of Social Science
Additional Contact Information
Email: e.sanoudaki@bangor.ac.uk
Qualifications
- PhD: PhD Linguistics
University College London, - MA: MA Linguistics
University of Reading, - BA: Philology
Teaching and Supervision
PhD Supervision
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Jago Williams. Bilingual development in children with a dual diagnosis of ASD and Down syndrome.MA+PhD ESRC studentship in Bilingualism. Start date September 2021
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Maryam Awawdeh. Exploring the reading comprehension of Arabic-English bilingual children with developmental language disorder (DLD). ESRC studentship in Bilingualism. Start date October 2022
- Gareth Caulfield. Exploring immersion education and its role in creating balanced Welsh-English bilinguals. ESRC studentship in Bilingualism. Start date October 2022
- Bethan Collins. Language and cognitive development in bilingual children. ESRC studentship in Bilingualism. Start date September 2021.
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Laura Maguire. Bilingualism in individuals with Alzheimer's disease MA+PhD ESRC studentship in Bilingualism. Start date October 2022
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Rebecca Day. Bilingual development in children with Rett syndrome.MA+PhD ESRC studentship in Bilingualism. Start date September 2019
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Felicity Parry. Teachers’ recognition of language disorders in bilingual children. PhD Bilingualism. Start date January 2020.
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Athanasia Papastergiou. Language and cognitive abilities in bilingual children.ESRC funded PhD in Bilingualism. Completed 2021
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Rebecca Ward. Profiling language abilities in Welsh-English bilinguals with Down syndrome. ESRC funded PhD in Bilingualism. Completed 2020.
- Maram Alamri. The acquisition of spatial relations by Arabic learners of English. Completed 2020
- Wesam Almehmadi. Pragmatic features in adolescents with Autism. Completed 2019
Teaching
I teach advanced modules on language development and disorders, bilingualism, research methods as well as introductory syntax. I have taught modules across many other areas of linguistics.
- QXL3316/4416 Language Disorders and Bilingualism
- QXL3317/4417 Child Language Acquisition
- QXL3335/4435 Bilingual and Acquisition Issues
- QXL4432 Linguistic Research Methods
- PPP4008 Bilingualism Research and Methods
- QXL4400 MA/MSc Dissertation
- QXL2204 Morphosyntax
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2023
- PublishedA study on the executive functioning skills of Greek-English bilingual children - a nearest neighbour approach
Papastergiou, A., Sanoudaki, E., Tamburelli, M. & Chondrogianni, V., Jan 2023, In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 26, 1, p. 78-94
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedLanguage skills in Greek-English bilingual children attending Greek supplementary schools in England
Papastergiou, A. & Sanoudaki, E., 14 Sep 2022, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 25, 8, p. 2834-2852
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Executive Function of Bilingual and Monolingual Children: A Technical Efficiency Approach
Papastergiou, A., Pappas, V. & Sanoudaki, E., Jun 2022, In: Behavior Research Methods. 54, 3, p. 1319-1345 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedBilingualism in Children with a Dual Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ward, R. & Sanoudaki, E., Jul 2021, In: Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. 35, 7, p. 663-689
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLanguage profiles of Welsh-English bilingual children with Down syndrome
Ward, B. & Sanoudaki, E., Sep 2021, In: Journal of Communication Disorders. 93, 106126.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedPragmatic and Conversational Features of Arabic-Speaking Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Examining performance and caregivers’ perceptions
Almehmadi, W., Tenbrink, T. & Sanoudaki, E., 20 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 63, 7, p. 2308-2321
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe bilingual advantage: a gender metalinguistic task in Arabic-English bilingual children
Althobaiti, H., Sanoudaki, E. & Kotzoglou, G., 24 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech. 2, 2, p. 165-184
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedThe beginning of the word: child language data
Sanoudaki, E., 2018, Sonic Signatures: Studies dedicated to John Harris. Lindsey, G. & Nevins, A. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 190–200 ( Language Faculty and Beyond).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2015
- PublishedLanguage non-selective syntactic activation in early bilinguals: the effect of verbal fluency
Sanoudaki, E. & Thierry, G., 2015, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 18, 5, p. 548-560
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedΕπίσημα συμφωνικά συμπλέγματα στην ελληνική παιδική γλώσσα: δεδομένα μιας δοκιμασίας επανάληψης ψευδολέξεων
Sanoudaki, E., 2015, Selected papers of the 11th International Conference on Greek Linguistics. Kotzoglou, G., Nikolou, K., Karantzola, E., Frantzi, K., Galantomos, I., Georgalidou, M., Kourti-Kazoullis, V., Papadopoulou, C. & Vlachou, E. (eds.). p. 1520-1534
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
2014
- PublishedAcceleration in the bilingual acquisition of phonological structure: Evidence from Polish–English bilingual children
Tamburelli, M., Sanoudaki, E., Jones, G. & Sowinska, M., 18 Nov 2014, In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 18, 4, p. 713-725
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedBigrammatism: when the bilingual mind juggles with two grammars
Sanoudaki, E. & Thierry, G. L., 9 May 2014, Advances in the Study of Bilingualism. Thomas, E. M. & Mennen, I. (eds.). 2014 ed. Multilingual Matters, p. 214-230
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedPronoun Comprehension in Individuals With Down Syndrome: Deviance or Delay?
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S., 1 Aug 2014, In: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 57, p. 1442-1452
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPronoun comprehension in individuals with Down syndrome: the role of age
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S., 2 Sep 2014, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 50, 2, p. 176–186
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTask Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S., 3 Jun 2014, In: Language Acquisition. 22, 1, p. 40-67
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedThe acquisition of Binding by Greek-speaking children with Down syndrome
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S., Jul 2013, Advances in Language Acquisition. Stavrakaki, S., Lalioti, M. & Konstantinopoulou, P. (eds.). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 435-443
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedΑναφορική δέσμευση στα ελληνικά: η σημασία της επιλογής δοκιμασίας
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S., 2013, Selected papers of the 10th ICGL [International Conference of Greek Linguistics]. Gavriilidou, Z., Efthymiou, A., Thomadaki, E. & Kambakis-Vougiouklis, P. (eds.). Komotini: Democritus University of Thrace, p. 1100-1109
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
2012
- PublishedActivation syntaxique non-sélective à la langue chez le bilingue précoce
Thierry, G. & Sanoudaki, E., Jun 2012, In: Revue Française de Linguistique Appliquée. 17, 2, p. 33-48
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedTowards a typology of word initial consonant clusters: Evidence from the acquisition of Greek
Sanoudaki, E., 2010, In: Journal of Greek Linguistics. 10, 1, p. 74-114
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedStrength relations and first language acquisition
Sanoudaki, E., Jun 2009, Strength relations in phonology. Nasukawa, K. & Backley, P. (eds.). Mouton de Gruyter, p. 149-182
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2008
- PublishedWord initial consonant clusters in child language
Sanoudaki, E., 2008, Proceedings of the Child Language Seminar 2007: 30th Anniversary. Marinis, T., Papangeli, A. & Stojanovik, V. (eds.). p. 120-130
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review - PublishedWord initial heterosyllabicity in acquisition
Sanoudaki, E., 2008, Language Acquisition and Development. Gavarró, A. & Freitas, M. J. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 381-385
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2004
- PublishedΑλληλεπίδραση κατά τη δίγλωσση κατάκτηση μητρικής γλώσσας: η περίπτωση των αντωνυμικών συστημάτων αγγλικής-ελληνικής
Sanoudaki, E., 2004, Proceedings of the 6th international conference of Greek linguistics. Rethymnon: University of Crete
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Activities
2022
- Child Bilingualism: What do we know? How do we find out?
Two talks by Bangor University's Child Bilingualism Lab at the ESRC Festival of Social Science- Bangor 26/10/2022, Cardiff 03/11/2022. Members of the lab spoke about their individual research into childhood bilingualism in typically developing individuals, individuals with developmental disorders, and children who speak a heritage language.
26 Oct 2022 – 3 Nov 2022
Links:
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - Byw gydag ieithoedd: taith ac ymchwil. Invited talk
22 Sep 2022
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - 15th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL15)
Oral presentation - Language skills in Greek-English bilingual children attending Greek supplementary schools in England.
17 Sep 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (Journal)
Sep 2022
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - 'Bilingualism and language development in neurodiverse children'. Invited talk. Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Lab Seminar, University of Athens
27 Jun 2022
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (Journal)
Jun 2022
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences (Journal)
2022
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2021
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Journal)
Sep 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - International Symposium on Bilingualism
14 Jul 2021
Links:
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (Journal)
May 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Sgwrs i Gymdeithas Chwilog
Apr 2021
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - Applied Psycholinguistics (Journal)
2021
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (Journal)
2021
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - External Examiner
External examiner, Linguistics and English Language, University of Bedfordshire
2021 →
Activity: Examination (Examiner) - External examiner, University of Kent
External examiner, MA in Experimental and Theoretical Linguistics
2021 →
Activity: Examination (Examiner) - Research in Developmental Disabilities (Journal)
2021
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2020
- AHRC grant peer reviewer
2020
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor) - Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (Journal)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - ESRC Grant peer reviewer
2020
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor) - Research in Developmental Disabilities (Journal)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Studies in Second Language learning and teaching (Journal)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2019
- First Language (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2019 →
Activity: Editorial activity (Peer reviewer) - Language Acquisition (Journal)
Peer review
2019 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Sage Open (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2019 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2018
- Developmental Science (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2018 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Developmental Science (Journal)
2018
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - First Language (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2018 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Research in Developmental Disabilities (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2018 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2017
- Ward, R. & Sanoudaki, E. Bilingualism and Down syndrome: Evaluating the developmental trajectory of language and phonological awareness.Invited presentation at the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group symposium, London.
3 Nov 2017
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - External Examiner. Undergraduate Programmes in Linguistics. School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. University of Leeds
2017 – 2021
Activity: Examination (Examiner) - Research in Developmental Disabilities (Journal)
Reviewer
2017 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2016
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2016 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2015
- Issues in the interpretation of pronouns: typical and atypical development. Invited talk at the Developmental Science Seminar Series, UCL
23 Mar 2015
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Bilingual acquisition: interactions in the domain of phonological structure. Invited talk at the Linguistic Seminar Series, University of Essex
5 Mar 2015
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Bilingual Acquisition:research and implications
Talk at the Bilingualism seminar series, Bangor University
2015
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - External examiner
MA Linguistics dissertation, English Language and Linguistics, University of Kent
2015
Activity: Examination (Examiner) - Interactions in the acquisition of consonant clusters. Keynote at the GALA 12 (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition) conference.
2015
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Lingua (Journal)
Peer review
2015 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - PLoS ONE (Journal)
Peer review
2015 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Research in Developmental Disabilities (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2015 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2014
- Bilingual phonological acquisition
Invited Seminar, Faculty of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies,
University of Athens
Jul 2014
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Language development in Down syndrome: the pronoun question. Invited talk at the Linguistic Seminar Series, University of Kent.
16 Feb 2014
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Language in Down syndrome. Invited talk at the Clinical Science Academic Meeting Series, St George’s, University of London
15 Jan 2014
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Journal of Communication Disorders (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2014 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2012
- Bilingualism and Bilingual Acquisition, Invited seminar, School of Philosophy, University of Crete
May 2012
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2009
- Language and Speech (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2009 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
Projects
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Enjoyment and production of humour among bilingual speakers
01/12/2016 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)
Other Grants and Projects
2021-2025 ESRC Wales DTP doctoral grant (Principal supervisor)
Project: ‘Language Development in Welsh-English bilingual children with Down syndrome and autism’
Collaboration with Down's Syndrome Association
Postgraduate Researcher (PhD Bilingualism)
2018 ESRC/Wales DTP small grant: Collaboration (CoI and PhD Supervisor).
Public engagement project: ‘Bilingualism in children with Down syndrome: workshops for families’
Collaboration with Down's Syndrome Association
PI: Rebecca Ward
2017 ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Major Award: PhD Student Community Outreach Fellowship. (PI and Project Lead).
Project: ‘Childhood Bilingualism in Complementary Schools.’
Fellow: Athanasia Papastergiou
2016 Welsh Crucible grant. (CoI and Bangor Lead). Duration 9 months
Project: ‘Humour in Welsh-English Bilinguals’
PI Gil Greengross (Aberystwyth), CoI Manon Jones (School of Psychology, Bangor).
2016-2019 ESRC Wales DTP doctoral grant (Principal supervisor)
Second supervisor: Enlli Thomas.
Project: ‘Profiling language abilities in Welsh-English bilinguals with Down syndrome’
Postgraduate Researcher (PhD Bilingualism): Rebecca Ward
2009-2010 Postdoctoral research grant, Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY)
Project: ‘The acquisition of pronominal reference in Greek-speaking children with Down syndrome’.
Advisor: Spyridoula Varlokosta
Other Information
Selected recent conference presentations
Ward, Rebecca, & Sanoudaki, Eirini. (2019) Phonological Awareness in Bilinguals with Down Syndrome, talk at the 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism, University of Malta, Malta 25 – 27 March 2019.
Papastergiou, A., Sanoudaki, E., and Collins, B.(2019) Does minimal exposure to Welsh influence executive functions? Evidence from Welsh-English children talk at the 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism, University of Malta, Malta 25 – 27 March 2019.
Almehmadi, W, T. Tenbrink and E. Sanoudaki, (2018) Pragmatic and Conversational Features of Arabic-Speaking Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), poster at the Autism Annual Research Conference, 6 September 2018, City University, London.
Ward, R., & E. Sanoudaki (2018) Profiling language abilities in bilinguals with Down syndrome, talk at the Down Syndrome Research Forum, The University of Reading, 17-18 September 2018
Papastergiou, A., Sanoudaki, E., Chondrogianni, V., (2017) A study on the executive functioning of Greek-English bilingual children, oral presentation at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB), University of Limerick, Ireland,11-15 June 2017.
Ward, Rebecca & Sanoudaki., E. (2017) Bilingualism in children with autism spectrum disorder in Wales, poster at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB), University of Limerick, Ireland, 11-15 June 2017.
Almehmadi, W., Tenbrink, T., Sanoudaki, E. (2017) Pragmatic and Conversational Features in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, poster at the 15th International Pragmatics Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 16-21 July 2017.
Althobaiti, H., Sanoudaki, E., and Kotzoglou, G. (2016) The bilingual advantage: the case of syntactic awareness in Arabic-English bilingual children. Poster presented at the International Conference on Bilingualism in Education, Bangor University, 10-12 June 2016.
Sanoudaki, E., & Bodini, A. (2015) Speech breakdown in a multilingual child. Oral presentation at the International Symposium of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2015 (ISMBS 2015), 7-10 September 2015, Chania, Crete, Greece.
Sanoudaki, E., & Bodini, A. (2015) Dysfluency in multilingual acquisition. Oral presentation at the Child Language Symposium (CLS), 20-21 July 2015, University of Warwick.
Sanoudaki, E., (2013) Investigating formal consonant clusters in Greek child language: evidence from non-word repetition. Oral presentation at the 11th International Conference of Greek Linguistics, 26-29 September 2013, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece.
Sanoudaki, E., Tamburelli, M., Jones, G., & Sowinska, M. (2012) Consonant cluster puzzles: evidence from Polish-English bilingual acquisition. Oral presentation at the 20th Manchester Phonology Meeting, 24th - 26th May 2012.
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S. (2011) The acquisition of Binding by Greek-speaking children with Down Syndrome. Poster presented at the GALA 2011 conference, 6-8 September 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sanoudaki, E. & Varlokosta, S. (2011) Binding in Greek: the importance of task selection. Oral presentation at the 10th International Conference of Greek Linguistics, 1-4 September 2011, Democritous University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece.
Sanoudaki, E. (2008) The acquisition of consonant clusters by Greek-speaking children. Oral presentation at the Workshop: Consonant Clusters and Structural Complexity, 31 July-2 August 2008, Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich.
Sanoudaki, E. (2008) Word initial extrasyllabicity? Evidence from the acquisition of Greek. Oral presentation at the 16th Manchester Phonology Meeting, 22-24 May 2008, Manchester.
Sanoudaki, E. (2007) Word initial clusters in acquisition. Oral presentation at the Child Language Seminar, 18-20 July 2007, The University of Reading, UK.