Assistant Professor of English Linguistics
Greg Poarch joined the English department at the University of Groningen as an assistant professor of English Linguistics in 2020. His research interests cover psycholinguistic, cognitive, and social aspects of multilingualism. In particular, he is interested in cross-language lexical and syntactic interaction, (multilingual) language acquisition, the cognitive effects of multilingualism, as well as the learning and teaching of English as a second/third language and the implications of societal multilingualism for language education. Greg Poarch also serves on the executive committee of the International Association of Multilingualism.