Cambridge Language Sciences

An information session for University of Cambridge researchers interested in submitting a proposal for the Language Sciences Research Incubator Fund. Led by Professor Paula Buttery.

Xi Zhang, Faculty of Music, presents her poster on ‘Effect of Tone Sandhi on Singing in Chaozhou’ You can view the poster on Cambridge Open Engage at https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/article-details/618c29dada150629539daec9

Julia Schwarz, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, presents her poster for the Incubator Fund project PerMaSC: ‘Speech Perception through Face Masks by Children and Adults’ You can view the poster on Cambridge Open Engage at https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/article-details/61814b93ad7f7c616f522eaa

James Scott, Department of Psychology, presents his poster on ‘Proto-Language as a Structurer and Enhancer of Perception’. You can view the poster on Cambridge Open Engage at https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/article-details/6197b6f047f47d8e22a896f1

Andrew Caines, Computer Laboratory & ALTA Institute, presents his poster on ‘Listening practice for learners of English: towards an intelligent tutoring system’. You can view the poster on Cambridge Open Engage at https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/article-details/61929f082e10ad1a4d47e64b

Jonathan R. Goodman, Department of Archeology, presents his poster on ‘Accents as honest signals of in-group membership’. You can view the poster on Cambridge Open Engage at https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/article-details/619500df669d3921905630bf

A research dialogue between Geoffrey Khan (Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge) and Fridah Katushemererwe (Makerere University, Uganda) Chaired by Ioanna Sitaridou (Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

A research dialogue between Maria Teresa Guasti (Università di Milano-Bicocca) and Duncan Astle (MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit Cambridge) chaired by Henriëtte Hendriks, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Cambridge. Chaired by Henriëtte Hendriks.

Talk by Dr Ahmed Zaidi, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science & Technology, University of Cambridge

Talk by Dr Barbara McGillivray, senior research associate at the University of Cambridge Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and Research Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute

Talk by Dr Sarah Morgan, Accelerate Science Research Fellow at the Dept. of Computer Science & Technology, Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge Brain Mapping Unit, and Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute

Talk by Dr Margreet Vogelzang, postdoctoral researcher in the University of Cambridge section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Speaker introduction

Speaker introduction

Speaker introduction

Online talk at the 2020 Cambridge Language Sciences Annual Symposium by Professor Josh Tenenbaum (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Chair: Dr Andrew Caines (Dept. of Computer Science & Technology, University of Cambridge) Respondent: Dr Guy Emerson (Executive Director, Cambridge Language Sciences)

1-minute videos by the poster presenters

Talk by Dr Sebastian Ahnert, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology (University of Cambridge) & Alan Turing Institute

Talk by Dr Heather Burnett, Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, CNRS and Université de Paris

Talk by Dr Calbert Graham, Phonetics Laboratory, University of Cambridge