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Labs

  • BaBEL

    The newly established Brain and Bilingual Experience Lab (BaBEL) ...

  • Language Learning research lab

    The Language Learning research lab is a cross-departmental initiative with Linguistics and English Language and Psychology.

Research

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The Department has outstanding research resources. We have fully equipped laboratories for eye-tracking, phonetics, EEG (Electroencephalography), and child language analysis. Undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and staff use these facilities for various research projects.

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MultiPic Brasil: Brazilian Portuguese in the Multilingual Picture Database
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2025
Research

Events

22nd Jan

MC/HL2C Seminar: Jubin Abutalebi, The future of neuroscientific research in the field of bilingualism

Wednesday 22 January 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
26th Feb

MC/HL2C Seminar: Ellen Bialystok, How language experience modifies mind and brain

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
12th Mar

MC/HL2C Seminar: Gigi Luk, Language or learning differences? Considering linguistic diversity in education

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

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New brain and bilingualism lab launches with advanced EEG workshop

We celebrated the launch of the new Brain and Bilingual Experience Lab (BaBEL) with a workshop on advanced methods in electroencephalography (EEG).
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Public lecture: The Science of Multilingualism

Did you know that the Department of Linguistics and English Language in Lancaster is turning 50 in 2024? To mark the occasion,

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A fresh view of the classics: Camões and Shakespeare revisited

Please join us on November 6 to celebrate the quincentennial of Luís de Camões, Portugal’s national poet.
Professor Jason Rothman

World-leading bilingualism researcher joins Lancaster Linguistics

Professor Jason Rothman, a world-leading bilingualism researcher, joins Lancaster's Department of Linguistics and English Language.

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