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DESCRIPTION:Outline\nEnglish as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and translanguaging r
 esearch have fundamentally transformed the ways in\nwhich linguistic theor
 y conceives of multilingual communication and language architecture. This 
 keynote\nexamines the conceptual contributions these complementary framewo
 rks make to theoretical linguistics. While\nELF interrogates how speakers 
 utilize English across multilingual environments\, translanguaging demonst
 rates\nthe integrated and fluid mobilization of the entirety of speakers
 ’ linguistic resources: a unified repertoire rather\nthan discrete lingu
 istic codes. Together\, these perspectives challenge the native-speaker pa
 radigm and reveal\nthe inherent creativity and systematicity that underpin
  multilingual communication outside of monolingual\nnorms. Empirical data 
 from ELF and translanguaging elucidate patterns such as phonological reduc
 tion\,\nmorphosyntactic flexibility\, pragmatic negotiation strategies\, a
 nd code-meshing phenomena that should be\nunderstood as signs of linguisti
 c innovation\, not deviation. These insights urge a re-evaluation of found
 ational\nconstructs within linguistic theory\, including the competence-pe
 rformance distinction\, the universal grammar\nhypothesis\, and modularist
  models of bilingual cognition. By foregrounding authentic multilingual pr
 actices\nover idealized monolingual grammars\, ELF and translanguaging app
 roaches bridge the divide between core\ntheoretical linguistics and applie
 d concerns\, providing methodological advancements for investigating langu
 age\nchange\, cognitive processing\, and the real-time evolution of lingui
 stic norms. This integrated paradigm calls for\ntheoretical models capable
  of accounting for how vast populations creatively deploy their full lingu
 istic\nrepertoires.
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LOCATION:Main Auditorium
SUMMARY:From deficiency to integration: English as a Lingua Franca\, transl
 anguaging\, and linguistic theory reimagined - Nicos Sifakis
URL:https://conference-hub.linguistic-society.com/athens-2026/talk/CCCDYW/
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