MPhil/PhD Speech and Language Sciences

As a postgraduate researcher in Speech and Language Sciences you will carry out a major research project working with supervisors who are experts in your field.

We offer expert supervision in the following research areas:

links between the production and perception of speech
monolingual/bilingual speech and language development in children for a range of language(s), particularly Arabic
early years policy with a focus on language and communication
relation of socio-economic factors to language development
assessment, diagnosis and intervention for speech, language and communication impairment, including:

primary speech and language impairment in children (including specific language impairment)
verb and sentence processing deficits in people with aphasia
memory disorders following stroke
effectiveness of interventions for speech and language impairments
the psycholinguistics of word production
computational modelling of word retrieval.