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Category: Developmental linguistics

Developmental linguistics comprises theoretical and experimental research on linguistic development across the whole lifespan.

3 August 20223 August 2022 Nadine Dietrich

Redundancy in language – why we say more than we have to and why that’s a good thing

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6 April 20216 July 2021 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Babies language skills are more advanced than you think

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22 November 201922 November 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Baby talk words

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28 May 201922 November 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Lost for words – in your native language

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23 July 201827 July 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Researchers at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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27 June 201816 August 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Bilingualism matters

Benefits of bilingualism: Thomas Bak on BBC Brainwaves
9 February 20188 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Benefits of bilingualism

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20 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Bilingualism beats dementia

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10 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Saving rare languages has its benefits

Oversharing
15 November 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Are you oversharing? As you age, the risk increases

Dr Thomas Bak
4 October 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Education is much more than just going to school and bilingualism is an important part of it

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