International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech

The Institute of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) aims at the advancement and dissemination of scientific knowledge on monolingual, bilingual/multilingual acquisition and use in typical and atypical speech, in childhood and adulthood. The Symposium aspires to encourage investigations that widen existing horizons and perspectives, kindling a holistic viewpoint, fostering collaborations across the board and, ultimately, sparking innovative thought and approaches. The Symposium aspires to .. continue reading encourage investigations that widen existing horizons and perspectives, kindling a holistic viewpoint, fostering collaborations across the board and, ultimately, sparking innovative thought. The Institute's and Symposium’s emblem depicts Demosthenes, a prominent statesman in ancient Athens of the 4th century B.C. He overcame this by practicing with pebbles in his mouth, and established himself as the greatest of Greek orators. As ‘a citizen of the world’ in his own words, he aptly epitomizes the outreach as well as the empirical and theoretical implications of this symposium in child and adult monolingual and bilingual speech, when he says: ‘as a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches . Symposium’s emblem depicts Demosthenes, a prominent statesman in ancient Athens of the 4th century B.C.