Invited Talks

Brown-Bousfield, M. M. (2023). Multilingualism and Additional Language Acquisition. Presentation for the Introduction to Linguistics course. Linguistics Department, Boston University. Boston, MA, United States. 7th December.

Brown-Bousfield, M. M. (2023). Modality, Proficiency, and Age of Acquisition in L3 Grammatical Gender Development. Paper Presented at the Linguistics Program Talk Series at Northeastern University. 18th October.

Brown, M. M. (2023). Acquisition and Development of a Third Language in Adults. Paper Presented at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 3rd April.

Brown, M. M. (2023). Models of L3 Acquisition in Grammatical Gender Learning: Initial Transfer and Ongoing Development. Paper Presented at Department of Languages and Cultures, Western University, London, Canada. 20th March.

Brown, M. M. (2023). Grammatical Gender Acquisition in a Trilingual Context: Initial Transfer and Ongoing Development. Paper Presented at L3 Reading Group, AcqVA Aurora, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. 15th February.

Brown, M. M. (2023). Is More Always Better? Grammatical Gender Acquisition in a Trilingual Context. Paper Presented at Language & Cognition, Language Development Lab & Meaning and Modality Lab, Harvard University. 14th February.

Brown, M. M. (2022). Adult L3 Acquisition and Development. Paper Presented at Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 28th March.

Brown, M. M. (2021). Transfer or a Developmental Difference? The case of Grammatical Gender Acquisition in L3 German. Paper presented as part of the Panel “Multiple language acquisition, processing, and development” at the European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions (EPICUR) Camp: Mobility, Migration, Multilingualism: Shaping European Identities and Languages Past and Present. European University & Adam Mickiewicz University. Poznań, Poland. 15th-16th October.

Brown, M. M. (2021). The Linguistic Consequences of “English-Only” in the United States. Poster Presented at the Boston University Pardee Center Fall Reception. Boston, MA, United States. September 8th.

Brown, M. M. (2021). Adult L3 Acquisition: The Case of Grammatical Gender in L3 German. Paper Prsented at Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. April 12th.

Refereed Papers

Brown, M. M. (2022). Multilingual Development of German Grammatical Gender. Poster presented at the L3 Workshop 2022: Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use. 22nd - 23rd October.

Brown, M. M. (2022). The acquisition and development of L3 German grammatical gender: A longitudinal study. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism (IAM). Zagreb, Croatia, September 9-12 .

Brown, M. M. & Chang, C. B. (2022). Regressive Cross-Linguistic Influence in Multilingual Speech Rhythm: The Primacy of Typological Similarity. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA 2022). 6th-9th January.

Brown, M. M. & Chang, C. B. (2021). Regressive Cross-Linguistic Influence in Multilingual Speech Rhythm: The Primacy of Typological Similarity. Paper presented Virtual Workshop on L3 Development After the Initial State (L3-AIS 2021). 1st-2nd October.

Brown, M. M. (2021). Transfer or a Developmental Difference? The case of Grammatical Gender Acquisition in L3 German. Paper presented as part of the Themed Session “Going beyond the initial stages in L3/Ln acquisition research” at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB13). University of Warsaw, Poland. 10th-14th July

Brown, M. M. (2020). CLI and Language Control in the L3 Initial State Paper presented at the 14th annual Arizona Linguistics Circle. Online, 17th October.

Brown, M. M. (2020). Variation in Ende Word Order. Paper presented at the 12th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL12). Oslo, Norway, June 18th-20th.

Brown, M. M. (2020). Grammatical gender acquisition in sequential trilinguals: Influence of a gendered L1 vs. L2. 94th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America,. New Orleans, Lousiana, January 4th, 2020.

Brown, M. M. (2019). Grammatical gender acquisition in sequential trilinguals: A test of L3 transfer models. L3 Workshop: Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use, Konstanz, Germany, June 7th.

Refereed Posters

Brown-Bousfield, M. M. (2024). Longitudinal Development of L3 Grammatical Gender: A Virtual Eye- Tracking Study. Poster presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. 4th - 7th January.

Brown, M. M. (2022). Multilingual Development of German Grammatical Gender. Poster presented at the L3 Workshop 2022: Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use. 22nd - 23rd October.

Brown, M. M. (2020). Teasing apart the predictors: order vs age of L2 acquisition in L3 grammatical gender transfer. Poster presented at the 2020 meeting of the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). Online, October 23rd -25th.

Brown, M. M. (2016). Theories of Universal Grammar in the Acquisition of Gender and Number Features in L2 French. Poster presented at the University of Connecticut Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Exhibition. Storrs, CT, United States. April 9th

Campus/Departmental Talks

Brown, M. M. (2022). Workshop on Experiment Building Platforms. Presentation at the Boston University Linguistics Graduate Research Forum. Boston, MA, United States. 1st May.

Brown, M. M. & Kpogo, F. (2022). Applying for Dissertation Grants. Presentation at the Boston University Linguistics Graduate Research Forum. Boston, MA, United States. 29th April.

Brown, M. M. (2021). Multilingualism and Additional Language Acquisition. Presentation for the Introduction to Linguistics course. Lingusitics Department, Boston University. Boston, MA, United States. December 7th.

Brown, M. M. (2021). The Linguistic Consequences of “English-Only” in the United States. Paper Presented at the Boston University Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellowship Program. Boston, MA, United States. August 4th.

Brown, M. M. (2019). Grammatical gender acquisition in sequential trilinguals: Influence of a gendered L1 vs. L2. Paper Presented at the Boston University Linguistics Graduate Research Forum. Boston, MA, United States. April 23rd.

Brown, M. M. (2017). Theories of L3 Syntax: Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in L3 German by English/Spanish Bilinguals. Boston University Linguistics Graduate Research Forum, Boston, MA, March 30.