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Following the success of Dr Kirsty McDougall and her team in securing funding for their research on ‘Improving Voice Identification Procedures’ (IVIP) , a new PhD studentship in forensic phonetics has now been established to work in this area. The studentship is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge Phonetics...

Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre has concluded a new inter-institutional agreement of cooperation with the Chuo University Institute of Cultural Sciences . The aim of the agreement is to further facilitate research exchange and collaboration across countries and disciplines through activities...

For geographers, maps are everyday tools. I’m a historical linguist, and to me a map is a selection of locals’ speech presented in a visual manner. Here’s how I developed an appreciation for the zoomable maps available on the National Library of Scotland’s website and the University of Edinburgh’s Edina Digimap facility ...

A review funded by the Cambridge Language Sciences Incubator Fund and recently published in the International Journal of Bilingualism, highlights the positive link between bilingualism and children’s well-being. The review on Bilingualism in the Family and Child Well-being is part of an ongoing collaboration between Dr...