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Annual Symposium speaker profile: Daniel Weston

31 October 2022

Daniel Weston is Assistant Professor of English of at Hong Kong University (HKU). His research interests include bilingual pragmatics (code-switching), World Englishes (specifically English dialect development), and the discourse analysis of gatekeeping encounters. He is currently collaborating with the University of...

Annual Symposium speaker profile: Laura Wright

26 October 2022

Laura Wright is a historical sociolinguist and Professor of English Language at the University of Cambridge. She works on the history of Standard English and the London dialect, including mixed-language texts written in Anglo-Norman, Medieval Latin and Middle English, as well as 17th, 18th and 19th century London English...

Annual Symposium speaker profile: Raymond Hickey

24 October 2022

Raymond Hickey is Adjunct Professor at the University of Limerick and former Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Duisburg and Essen. His research has centred around the sociolinguistics of varieties of English within the language variation and change paradigm and around issues in language contact and...

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Annual Symposium speaker profile: Arik Kershenbaum

17 October 2022

Arik Kershenbaum is a behavioural ecologist in the Department of Zoology, and Director of Studies at Girton College, University of Cambridge. He researches vocal communication in animals including wolves, dolphins, whales and hyraxes. He is particularly interested in the role of communication in the evolution of...

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Cambridge Language Sciences supports ultrasound tongue imaging workshop for language scientists across Cambridge University

10 October 2022

A workshop on ultrasound tongue imaging (UTI), supported by Cambridge Language Sciences, brought together phoneticians, computer scientists, neuroscientists and speech & language therapists from across the University of Cambridge campus. The workshop, convened by Dr Calbert Graham , Senior Research Associate in...

Relaunched: Languages, Society and Policy journal unveils new website

24 August 2022

This summer sees the relaunch of Cambridge-based Languages, Society and Policy (LSP) journal , supported by a new consortium after five successful years of promoting engagement with policy makers, journalists and stakeholders in education, health and business. Previously part of the AHRC-funded project, Multilingualism...

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Language Sciences Incubator Fund projects announced August 2022

22 August 2022

We are delighted to announce that two new projects have been awarded seed funding through the Language Sciences Incubator Fund. The successful applicants from the latest call were announced on 22 August 2022. We would like to congratulate all concerned and thank the reviewers for generously giving their time to evaluate...

Face masks affect how children understand speech differently from adults – new research

19 July 2022

The following article by Julia Schwarz , PhD candidate in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, presents findings from the Language Sciences Incubator Fund project, ' PerMaSC: Speech Perception through Masks in School Contexts '. It was published in The Conversation in tandem with the full research paper in Frontiers. While...

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Global Humanities and Multilingualism

19 July 2022

New Global Humanities video highlights the impact of Cambridge research into multilingualism. The short film features Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Faculty members: Wendy Ayres-Bennett , Professor of French Philology and Linguistics; Ianthi M. Tsimpli , Professor of English and Applied Linguistics and...

Paula Buttery and Matt Davis new co-Directors of Cambridge Language Sciences

New leadership team for Cambridge Language Sciences

27 June 2022

Dr Matt Davis and Prof. Paula Buttery join Prof. Brechtje Post as co-Directors of Cambridge Language Sciences (CLS) from June 2022. We are delighted to welcome Matt Davis and Paula Buttery to the CLS leadership team. They are taking over from Prof. Ann Copestake , who is stepping down as co-Director after five years in the...

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