Research Themes

Our research falls into six primary themes. Across these themes, staff work on a wide range of languages, methodologies and theoretical perspectives.

Linguistic analysis and its implications for the development of theory.

How and why languages and dialects differ, and how they evolve over time.

Exploring the sounds of languages and how they vary across dialects.

Theoretical and methodological approaches to language acquisition.

Investigating the language impairments in children and adults.

Exploring the relations between theory and practice.