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Niclas Abrahamsson is a Professor of Swedish as a Second Language at Stockholm University, where he also serves as the Director of the Centre for Research on Bilingualism. His research focuses on second language acquisition (SLA), bilingualism, and phonological/phonetic development, particularly through the lens of age of acquisition and critical periods. He leads the MOB (Meta-research on Bilingualism) group, analyzing trends in bilingualism research and Swedish as a Second Language.
- PhD in Bilingualism (2001, Stockholm University)
- BA in Linguistics, Phonetics, and Psychology (1993)
His research explores how age of onset and language aptitude influence nativelike attainment in L2 speakers, with a focus on voice onset time (VOT) analysis, neural constraints, and lexical deficits in bilinguals. His recent studies challenge the notion that bilingualism inherently causes linguistic costs, attributing observed deficits instead to second language acquisition processes.
Abrahamsson has secured major grants from the Swedish Research Council (VR), Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (RJ), and Byggmästare Olle Engqvists Stiftelse. He supervises PhD students working on topics like Swedish compounding acquisition, language-dependent memory, and foreign accented speech perception. He teaches SLA, bilingual development, and psycholinguistics at all academic levels.
- Key Awards: VR Grant 2016-01630, RJ Sabbatical Grant SAB16-0051:1, Byggmästare Olle Engqvists Stiftelse Grant 200-0676
Abrahamsson's work frequently employs ERP studies and meta-analyses, emphasizing methodological rigor. He collaborates with institutions like the Multilingualism Lab and has contributed to foundational theories in critical period hypothesis and language aptitude research.
