Time travelling to the mother tongue

19 July 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥sounds of languages that died thousands of years ago have been brought to life again through technology that uses statistics in a revolutionary new way.

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Launch event

Cambridge Language Sciences launched

15 May 2012

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ launched its new Strategic Initiative in Language Sciences at a special one-day conference at Newnham College on 12 May, attended by over 90 delegates.

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Functional neuroimaging of the human brain

̽»¨Ö±²¥communicative brain

29 November 2011

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Politics of Speechmaking at the Festival of Ideas

̽»¨Ö±²¥politics of speechmaking

24 October 2011

Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political rhetoric at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas heard last week.

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Ear

Can a voice identify a criminal?

01 September 2007

Innovative research in the Department of Linguistics suggests that dynamic features of speech could provide a clue to forensic speaker identification.

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