Liubov Baladzhaeva

Scientific biography: As a multilingual immigrant, I am fascinated by language acquisition. In my studies, I have looked at all stages of multilingual language acquisition and attrition, from babies to the elderly. In addition to my academic career, I work as a linguist in the industry, in the natural language processing field.

Fields of research: language acquisition, language attrition, multilingualism, early literacy, cross-linguistic influence

Publications:
Baladzhaeva, L., & Laufer, B. (2018). Is first language attrition possible without second language knowledge?. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 56(2), 103-136. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2016-0066
Laufer, B., & Baladzhaeva, L. (2015). First language attrition without second language acquisition: An exploratory study. ITL-International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 166(2), 229-253. https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.166.2.02lau
Minkov, M., & Baladzhaeva, L. (2021). Emergent literacy development in early language education. In M. Schwartz (ed.), Handbook of early language education. Springer.
Schwartz, M., & Baladzhaeva, L. (2015). The social context of second language literacy and biliteracy. In Reading in a Second Language (pp. 215-255). Routledge.