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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 Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, t…

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: Empowering Individuals, Trans…

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 the proposals. Many thanks als…

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 mask-wearing is no longer req…

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 former Cambridge Language Sciences…

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 role. Brechtje Post said “I…

We are pleased to announce that two events have been awarded funding through the Language Sciences Workshop Fund, which launched in March 2022.The Cambridge Language Sciences Workshop Fund offers support for interdisciplinary workshops on ambitious questions of societal importance requiring further research. The workshops will contribute to the dev…

Parents influence children’s attitudes to languages far more than their teachers or friends, research finds. This implies that efforts to reverse the national decline in language-learning need to target families as well as schools, researchers say."Waning interest in these subjects is a public communication challenge; it’s not just about what happe…

We are delighted to announce that three new projects have been awarded seed funding through the Language Sciences Incubator Fund.The successful applicants from the latest call, which closed in January 2022, were announced on 23 March.We would like to congratulate all concerned, and to thank the reviewers for generously giving up their time to evalu…

This year’s Cambridge Festival will take place from 31 March to 10 April. Here are a few Cambridge Language Sciences picks.You can browse the full programme and book events at Cambridge Festival 2022.5:00pm-6:00pm on Friday 1 AprilSPEAKING WITH AUTHORITY: THE LANGUAGE OF OPINIONS, EXPERTISE AND CREDIBILITYA talk by Shauna Concannon, Research Associ…

From the Arctic to Zambia, explore where Cambridge has an impact on the world through an interactive map of stories.The interactive map shows how research carried out by Cambridge and its partners is having a positive impact around the world.Stories on the impact of Language Sciences-related research include:Improving student outcomes through speak…

This year’s Language Sciences Annual Symposium took place on Tuesday 23 November.The event, now in its sixth year, is an annual meeting of minds, bringing together language scientists of all disciplines from the University of Cambridge and other global research institutions. The topic of this year’s Symposium was ‘Language and Inclusion’. It was a …

William Marslen-Wilson is Honorary Professor of Language and Cognition at the Centre for Speech, Language, and the Brain, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.He has an international reputation in psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. His early research, as a graduate student at MIT, revealed the remarkab…

Duncan Astle is a Programme Leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge.He leads the 4D Research Group, home to around 15 Early Career Researchers working in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Their work draws upon education, cognition, neurophysiology and genetics with a particular interest in understanding neur…

Fridah Katushemererwe is a Lecturer in Linguistics at Makerere University, Uganda. Her research interests include morphology, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and natural language processing (NLP).She is currently working on the documentation and revitalisation of two endangered Ugandan languages: Runyankitara, a group of languages spoken…