Pirvulescu, Mihaela

Biography

Prof. Mihaela Pirvulescu is an Associate Professor in French Linguistics and her area of expertise is in first language acquisition, bilingualism and early second language acquisition. Her current SSHRC project, involving a team of national and internat ional researches, investigates the role of age of acquisition in bilingualism. She published extensively in top ranked journals, co -edited a volume and is currently preparing a book on first language acquisition. She is involved in the European project “Eu ropean cooperation in science and technology” (COST) on language acquisition and profiling bilingual specific language impairment. Prof. Pirvulescu served as discipline representative Linguistics Program (2006- 2009) and is currently Graduate Coordinator in the Department of French and serves in the editorial board of the journal Arborescences . Prof. Mihaela Pirvulescu is an Associate Professor in French Linguistics and her area of expertise is in first language acquisition, bilingualism and early second language acquisition. Her current SSHRC project, involving a team of national and internat ional researches, investigates the role of age of acquisition in bilingualism. She published extensively in top ranked journals, co -edited a volume and is currently preparing a book on first language acquisition. She is involved in the European project “Eu ropean cooperation in science and technology” (COST) on language acquisition and profiling bilingual specific language impairment. Prof. Pirvulescu served as discipline representative Linguistics Program (2006- 2009) and is currently Graduate Coordinator in the Department of French and serves in the editorial board of the journal Arborescences .

Research Interest

French Studies, Linguistic Studies, Language