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Prof. Rosemarie Tracy holds a position in the Department of English at the School of Humanities. Her research focuses on bilingualism, multilingualism, and language acquisition, particularly in heritage language contexts and child language development. Tracy has contributed extensively to understanding syntax-morphology interfaces, heritage speaker linguistics, and diagnostic tools for multilingual children (e.g., the LiSe-DaZ® test). Her work bridges sociolinguistics, cognitive development, and educational practices, addressing topics like language loss, language maintenance, and pedagogical strategies for multilingual populations.
Key research themes include the dynamics of heritage language use, challenges in assessing multilingual children’s language competencies, and theoretical models of simultaneous bilingual acquisition. Her studies often involve empirical analysis of German heritage speakers in majority English settings, exploring clause structure preferences and syntactic variability. Tracy’s collaborations span international teams, reflecting her role in advancing interdisciplinary approaches to language science.
Publications highlight contributions to Heritage Language Journal, Frontiers in Psychology, and Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, with recent work critiquing traditional native speaker paradigms and advancing frameworks for multilingual language assessment. Her academic career includes pioneering work on multilingual grammars and pedagogical linguistics since the 1980s.
