Our research
York's focus is on the integration of theoretical and empirical investigation of the formal properties, development, use and acquisition of linguistic systems. Our work aims to be cross-disciplinary and collaborative, involving national and international partners.
Research areas
- Acquisition/Psycholinguistics
- Forensic speech science
- Language variation & change
- Phonetics & phonology
- Syntax & semantics
Research community
Current projects
- Accent Bias and Fair Access in Britain (ABFAB)
- Enhancing the Quality of Psychological Interventions Delivered by Telephone (EQUITy)
- LanGeLin (Language and Gene Lineages)
- Matches and mismatches in nominal morphology and agreement: learning from the acquisition of Eegimaa
- Pluralised Mass Nouns as a Window to Linguistic Variation
- The Use and Utility of Localised Speech Forms in Determining Identity: Forensic and Sociophonetic Perspectives
- Voice and Identity: Source, Filter, Biometric
- York BabyLab Studies
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