Antonella Sorace, FBA, FRSE, FRSA,[1] is an experimental linguist and academic, specializing in bilingualism across the lifespan.
[7] The hypothesis posits that linguistic structures that are sensitive to conditions external to the language domain, such as pragmatic, discourse, or contextual information, may remain variable in bilingual speakers, even at very advanced proficiency levels.
She has recently turned her attention to the interactions between language and general cognition, which may partly be responsible for this variability.
[8][9] She has contributed to experimental linguistics methods by pioneering the use of Magnitude Estimation for the elicitation of acceptability judgments.
[10][11] Sorace is also the founder and director of Bilingualism Matters,[12] an information and public engagement centre with branches in Europe and the United States, which aims to bridge the divide between researchers and the community at large about the facts and benefits of learning multiple languages, particularly among children.