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Barbara KÖPKE
Contact details
- Address
- Neuropsycholinguistics Lab / Maison de la Recherche bureau E 1.16 / Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès / 5 allées Antonio Machado / 31058 TOULOUSE Cedex 9
- Office
- E 1.16
- Phone
- +33.61.50.35.96
- bkopke@univ-tlse2.fr
Research topics
My research is focussed on neuropsycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism and aims a better understanding of the specificities of bilingual speakers regarding the use of two (or more) languages, their development and potential language disorders. I am particularly interested in cognitive processes involved in the control of several languages (for example in conference interpreters who process two languages simultaneously) and in the interaction between the languages in online processing.
I have mostly investigated these interactions in the context of attrition of the L1, when a dominant language turns non-dominant following a change of language environment. Research on L1 attrition has attracted our attention to the dynamics of the interactions between languages, but many questions remain still open. Presently I am particularly interested in the temporality of these processes depending on factors like age of acquisition or language use, how they are impacted in language disorders as well as their neurophysiological grounding.
Aimed at contributing to a more comprehensive awareness of the specificities of bi- and multilingual speakers, my research outcomes include the development of clinical tools for assessment and rehabilitation of bilingual aphasic patients and of advice for harmonious development of bilingualism.
I have mostly investigated these interactions in the context of attrition of the L1, when a dominant language turns non-dominant following a change of language environment. Research on L1 attrition has attracted our attention to the dynamics of the interactions between languages, but many questions remain still open. Presently I am particularly interested in the temporality of these processes depending on factors like age of acquisition or language use, how they are impacted in language disorders as well as their neurophysiological grounding.
Aimed at contributing to a more comprehensive awareness of the specificities of bi- and multilingual speakers, my research outcomes include the development of clinical tools for assessment and rehabilitation of bilingual aphasic patients and of advice for harmonious development of bilingualism.
Activities / Resume
Ongoing projects :
- ORA7 BILDEV (2023-2026) Modelling bottom-up and top-down linguistic knowledge across different contexts of bilingual development. Coordinateur et porteur côté DFG H. Hopp (TU Braunschweig), porteur côté ESRC M. S. Schmid (University of York), porteur côté ANR B. Köpke (UT2J), avec Regina Hert (post-doc BILDEV, LNPL)
- ANR JCJC CLASS (2021-2025) Culture appropriation and Language Acquisition: the role of intercultural Sensitivity in Syrian learners of French. Porteur : I. Saddour (LNPL).
- Screening BAT : Since 2013, I've been coordinating the setting up of screening versions of the Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT) with multiple collaborators. More information and access to the tests here or on the BAT homepage at McGill University.
Research networks:
- GIS ReAL2 - Réseau d'Acquisition des Langues Secondes: more
- Harmonious Bilingualism Network (HaBilNet): more
- International cooperation with l'Institut Supérieur d'Orthophonie (Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth), dir. Edith Kouba Hreich (2019 - 2024)
Ongoing PhD supervision:
- Lyu, Yicheng (since 2025). The processing of relative subordinate clauses in late Chinese-French bilinguals: a psycholinguistic approach.
- Awada, Layana (since 2022). Language Control and Code-Switching in Frequent Switchers: A Multimethod Approach of French–Lebanese Bilinguals. plus
- Baulande, Noémie (since 2021). Semantic network and language control : a comparative study of monolingual and bilingual lexical access.. plus
- Awada, Layana (since 2022). Language Control and Code-Switching in Frequent Switchers: A Multimethod Approach of French–Lebanese Bilinguals. plus
- Baulande, Noémie (since 2021). Semantic network and language control : a comparative study of monolingual and bilingual lexical access.. plus
Former PhD students:
- Tiulkova, Ekaterina (2024). The harmonious bilingual development in 5-year-old Franco-Russian children: exploring the mutual relationships between input, well-being and fluency in oral production. (with V. Marijanovic). more
- Ezzedine, Nour (2023). Exploration of the relationship between cognitive control and language control in bilingual aphasia. (with X. de Boissezon, ToNIC). more
- Mytara, Kleopatra (2023). The attrition of linguistic skills in Greek learners of French as a foreign language: a study of the development of complexity, accuracy and fluency.(with O. Theophanous). more
- Hevrova, Marie (2021). Phonetic attrition and cross-linguistic influence in L1 speech of late Czech-French bilinguals. Co-tutelle with T. Boril (Institute of Phonetics, Prague). more
- Ahumada Ebratt, Lyanne (2020). Crosslinguistic influence between L2 French and L1 Spanish: The case of semantic extensions in the L1 of immersed late bilinguals. more
- Cortelazzo, Francesca (2017). Language representation and control in early and late bilinguals: behavioral, morphometric and functional imaging studies. (with X. de Boissezon and V. Lubrano, ToNIC Inserm UMR 1214).
- Massa, Emilie (2017). Bilinguisme, vieillissement et fonctions exécutives : données électrophysiologiques et comportementales. (with R. El Yagoubi).
- Duguine, Isabelle (2013). Le développement du langage oral chez l'enfant bilingue basque-français en contexte d'acquisition simultanée vs. successive des langues. Etude de la maîtrise du cas ergatif en basque et du genre grammatical en français. (with J-L. Nespoulous and C. Videgain).
- Aura, Karine (2012). Protocole d'évaluation du langage fondé sur le traitement des fonctions prosodiques : Etude exploratoire de deux patients atteints de gliomes de bas grade en contexte peri-opératoire. (with C. Astésano)
- Ezzedine, Nour (2023). Exploration of the relationship between cognitive control and language control in bilingual aphasia. (with X. de Boissezon, ToNIC). more
- Mytara, Kleopatra (2023). The attrition of linguistic skills in Greek learners of French as a foreign language: a study of the development of complexity, accuracy and fluency.(with O. Theophanous). more
- Hevrova, Marie (2021). Phonetic attrition and cross-linguistic influence in L1 speech of late Czech-French bilinguals. Co-tutelle with T. Boril (Institute of Phonetics, Prague). more
- Ahumada Ebratt, Lyanne (2020). Crosslinguistic influence between L2 French and L1 Spanish: The case of semantic extensions in the L1 of immersed late bilinguals. more
- Cortelazzo, Francesca (2017). Language representation and control in early and late bilinguals: behavioral, morphometric and functional imaging studies. (with X. de Boissezon and V. Lubrano, ToNIC Inserm UMR 1214).
- Massa, Emilie (2017). Bilinguisme, vieillissement et fonctions exécutives : données électrophysiologiques et comportementales. (with R. El Yagoubi).
- Duguine, Isabelle (2013). Le développement du langage oral chez l'enfant bilingue basque-français en contexte d'acquisition simultanée vs. successive des langues. Etude de la maîtrise du cas ergatif en basque et du genre grammatical en français. (with J-L. Nespoulous and C. Videgain).
- Aura, Karine (2012). Protocole d'évaluation du langage fondé sur le traitement des fonctions prosodiques : Etude exploratoire de deux patients atteints de gliomes de bas grade en contexte peri-opératoire. (with C. Astésano)
Additional information
Selected recent publications:
Articles:
- Duguine, I., Ezzedine, N., Cabe, P., & Köpke, B. (accepted). Adapatation du Screening BAT au basque parlé en France (dialecte bas-navarrais) : méthodologie et études de cas. Glossa.
- Tiulkova, E., Marijanovic, V., Seredova, L., & Köpke, B. (2025). Définir le développement bilingue harmonieux : la relation entre les attitudes langagières des enfants et leur comportement social et affectif. Cahiers de l’Institut des Langues Officielles et du Bilinguisme (ILOB), 14, 101-122. https://doi.org/10.18192/olbij.v14i1.6900
- Tiulkova, E., Marijanovic, V., Camps, J., & Köpke, B. (2024). Assessing the Role of Input Factors on Harmonious Bilingual Development in Children. Languages, 9 (9), 289, https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9090289.
- Mytara, K., & Köpke, B. (2023). Which extra-linguistic factors affect written production skills in foreign language attrition? A longitudinal study of Greek learners having acquired French in a formal instructional setting. Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2023.2294068
- Guinault, S., Köpke, B., & Sturm, G. (2022). Etude exploratoire de la collaboration avec un interprète professionnel de la santé (IPS) lors du bilan orthophonique chez l’enfant ou l’adolescent multilingue. ANAE Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez les Enfants, 179, septembre 2022.
- Köpke, B. (2021). Language attrition : A matter of brain plasticity? Some preliminary thoughts. Language, Interaction, Acquisition, 12 (1), 110-132. more
- Köpke, B., Howells, R. K. R., Cortelazzo, F., Péran, P., de Boissezon, X. & Lubrano, V. (2021). Functional and structural differences in brain networks involved in language processing and control in highly proficient early and late bilinguals. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 59, doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroling.2021.100988 more
- Massa, E., Köpke, B. & El Yagoubi, R. (2020). Age-related effect on language control and executive control in bilingual and monolingual speakers: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Neuropsychologia, vol. 138, 17 February 2020, doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107336 link
- Duguine, I. & Köpke, B. (2019). Processing strategies used by Basque-French bilingual and Basque monolingual children for the production of the subject-agent in Basque. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 9(4/5), 514-541. more
- Köpke, B. & Genevska-Hanke, D. (2018). First language attrition and dominance : same same or different ? Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1963. link
- Schmid, M S. & Köpke, B. (2017). The relevance of first language attrition to theories of bilingual development. Epistemologial keynote artice. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7 (6), 637-667. more
Book chapters:
- Tiulkova, E., Marijanovic, V., Seredova, L., & Köpke, B. (2025). Définir le développement bilingue harmonieux : la relation entre les attitudes langagières des enfants et leur comportement social et affectif. Cahiers de l’Institut des Langues Officielles et du Bilinguisme (ILOB), 14, 101-122. https://doi.org/10.18192/olbij.v14i1.6900
- Tiulkova, E., Marijanovic, V., Camps, J., & Köpke, B. (2024). Assessing the Role of Input Factors on Harmonious Bilingual Development in Children. Languages, 9 (9), 289, https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9090289.
- Mytara, K., & Köpke, B. (2023). Which extra-linguistic factors affect written production skills in foreign language attrition? A longitudinal study of Greek learners having acquired French in a formal instructional setting. Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2023.2294068
- Guinault, S., Köpke, B., & Sturm, G. (2022). Etude exploratoire de la collaboration avec un interprète professionnel de la santé (IPS) lors du bilan orthophonique chez l’enfant ou l’adolescent multilingue. ANAE Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez les Enfants, 179, septembre 2022.
- Köpke, B. (2021). Language attrition : A matter of brain plasticity? Some preliminary thoughts. Language, Interaction, Acquisition, 12 (1), 110-132. more
- Köpke, B., Howells, R. K. R., Cortelazzo, F., Péran, P., de Boissezon, X. & Lubrano, V. (2021). Functional and structural differences in brain networks involved in language processing and control in highly proficient early and late bilinguals. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 59, doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroling.2021.100988 more
- Massa, E., Köpke, B. & El Yagoubi, R. (2020). Age-related effect on language control and executive control in bilingual and monolingual speakers: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Neuropsychologia, vol. 138, 17 February 2020, doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107336 link
- Duguine, I. & Köpke, B. (2019). Processing strategies used by Basque-French bilingual and Basque monolingual children for the production of the subject-agent in Basque. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 9(4/5), 514-541. more
- Köpke, B. & Genevska-Hanke, D. (2018). First language attrition and dominance : same same or different ? Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1963. link
- Schmid, M S. & Köpke, B. (2017). The relevance of first language attrition to theories of bilingual development. Epistemologial keynote artice. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7 (6), 637-667. more
Book chapters:
- Köpke, B. (to appear 12/2025). Language attrition and maintenance in multilinguals. In J. W. Schwieter & J-M. Dewaele (Eds.), Multilingualism (pp. 207-231). Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics. more
- Köpke, B., Ezzedine, N., & Massa, E. (2023). L’évaluation du sujet bilingue. In Amevia, H., Azouvi, P., Barbeau, E., & Collette, F. (Eds.), Traité de neuropsychologie clinique de l’adulte. Louvain-la-Neuve : De Boeck Supérieur.
Köpke, B. (2019). First language attrition: from bilingual to monolingual proficiency? In De Houwer, A. & Ortega, L. (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingualism (pp. 349-365). Cambridge: CUP.
- Köpke, B., Ezzedine, N., & Massa, E. (2023). L’évaluation du sujet bilingue. In Amevia, H., Azouvi, P., Barbeau, E., & Collette, F. (Eds.), Traité de neuropsychologie clinique de l’adulte. Louvain-la-Neuve : De Boeck Supérieur.
Köpke, B. (2019). First language attrition: from bilingual to monolingual proficiency? In De Houwer, A. & Ortega, L. (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingualism (pp. 349-365). Cambridge: CUP.
Editing of books or special issues:
- Lippert, S., & Köpke, B. (2025). Prassi linguistiche e istruzione nelle società d’immigrazione. Collana: Xenia. Studi Linguistici, Letterari et Interculturali. Roma TrE-Press. DOI: 10.13134/979-12-5977-466-8 read
- Schmid, M. S. & Köpke, B. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
- Köpke, B. (2013). Les pathologies acquises du langage chez le patient bilingue ou multilingue. Numéro thématique de Rééducation Orthophonique, 253, 167 p. more
- Köpke, B., Schmid, M. S., Keijzer, M. & Dostert, S. (éds.) (2007). Language attrition : Theoretical perspectives. Amsterdam : John Benjamins.
- Schmid, M. S. & Köpke, B. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
- Köpke, B. (2013). Les pathologies acquises du langage chez le patient bilingue ou multilingue. Numéro thématique de Rééducation Orthophonique, 253, 167 p. more
- Köpke, B., Schmid, M. S., Keijzer, M. & Dostert, S. (éds.) (2007). Language attrition : Theoretical perspectives. Amsterdam : John Benjamins.
