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Atypical welcome

Languages still a major barrier to global science, new research finds

29 Dec 2016

Over a third of new conservation science documents published annually are in non-English languages, despite assumption of English as scientific ‘...

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A British army sergeant visits a school in Helmand, Afghanistan.

Opinion: How the British military became a champion for language learning

06 Jun 2016

Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) discusses the impact of the military's new language policy.

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Bilingual street name sign in Bangor, North Wales

Opinion: There are also drawbacks to being bilingual

26 Apr 2016

Tomas Folke (Department of Psychology) and Julia Ouzia (Anglia Ruskin ̽»¨Ö±²¥) discuss the cognitive disadvantages that may be associated with...

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Atypical welcome

Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project

22 Mar 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and...

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Functional neuroimaging of the human brain

̽»¨Ö±²¥communicative brain

29 Nov 2011

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William...

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