<![CDATA[QMUL In conversation]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/qmul-in-conversation Join members of the Queen Mary Linguistics community as we discuss all things linguistics. These conversations are as varying as they are interesting, highlighting the many different aspects of the human linguistic capacity that we investigate in our department. Learn about the fascinating study of language and join us 'In Conversation' with each other and with the world.

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]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:38:00 GMT en 8da88ff3-8e59-5fee-8f7f-b391cb9eaf49 https://media.rss.com/qmul-in-conversation/20260310_060334_824538367f8b8ce31634eb73c5c4e506.png QMUL In conversation https://rss.com/podcasts/qmul-in-conversation yes QMUL Linguistics QMUL Linguistics false episodic podcast Queen Mary University of London, 327, Mile End Road, Globe Town, Stepney, London, Greater London, England, E1 4NS, United Kingdom Queen Mary University of London, 327, Mile End Road, Globe Town, Stepney, London, Greater London, England, E1 4NS, United Kingdom <![CDATA[Andrew Sudhooa and Matthew Hulse interview David Adger about his work on linguistic univerals]]> David describes the work he did with Jenny Culbertson (Edinburgh University) and Klaus Abels (UCL) investigating potential linguistic universals in word ordering.

See the following for more details:

A universal cognitive bias in word order: Evidence from speakers whose language goes against it. Martin, A., Adger, D., Abels, K., Kanampiu, P., & Culbertson, J. Psychological science. 2024.link

Does a universal hierarchical structure underlie word order typology?. Martin, A., Kanampiu, P., Adger, D., Abels, K., & Culbertson, J. In Ravignani, A., Barbieri, C., Flaherty, M., Jadoul, Y., Lattenkamp, E., Little, H., Martins, M., Mudd, K., & Verhoef, T., editor(s), Proceedings of EVOLANG 13. 2020.link

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/qmul-in-conversation/2617337 6bef982d-1b5b-465d-974b-09a43b048288 1971 full 1 1 5 5 false Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:38:23 GMT Queen Mary University of London, 327, Mile End Road, Globe Town, Stepney, London, Greater London, England, E1 4NS, United Kingdom Kenya, Kenya <![CDATA[Nishal Rai interviews Rémi Lamarque about cognitive effort involved in accent perception]]> Nishal has a chat with Rémi about his perspective on his research with Adam Chong, Marc Barnard, and Scott Kunkel, which Adam presented in the previous episode, on the cognitive effort associated with perceiving non-native and regional accents of English.

See the following for more details:

Listening Effort Across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study. Barnard, M., Kunkel, S., Lamarque, R., Chong, A. Language and Speech. 2025

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/qmul-in-conversation/2617344 f9a0e348-fc8c-49d9-bea5-460e914b26a1 1052 full 1 1 4 4 false Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:38:19 GMT Queen Mary University of London, 327, Mile End Road, Globe Town, Stepney, London, Greater London, England, E1 4NS, United Kingdom <![CDATA[Jacob Muna and Urszula Osobka-Leszczynska interview Adam Chong about cognitive effort involved in accent perception]]> Jacob and Urszula have a chat with Adam Chong (Oxford University) about his research with Marc Barnard, Scott Kunkel and Rémi Lamarque on the cognitive effort associated with perceiving non-native and regional accents of English.

See the following for more details:

Listening Effort Across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study. Barnard, M., Kunkel, S., Lamarque, R., Chong, A. Language and Speech. 2025

The transcript was generated using Whisper, and may contain errors.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/qmul-in-conversation/2617334 1074a214-f82c-485e-acd0-a00bdf33a762 1992 full 1 1 3 3 false Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:38:24 GMT Queen Mary University of London, 327, Mile End Road, Globe Town, Stepney, London, Greater London, England, E1 4NS, United Kingdom <![CDATA[Ella Bowen and Jada Obano interview Kathleen McCarthy about her research about and with East London communities]]> Kathy describes some of the research she has conducted with members of Tower Hamlet's Sylheti community, investigating features of their English, and collecting stories in Sylheti.

See the following papers for more details:

McCarthy, K. M. & Skoruppa, K. (2022) Language-specific phonological skills and the relationship with reading accuracy in Sylheti-English sequential bilinguals. Child Development, 94(2), e85–e102. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13880

McCarthy, K.M. & de Leeuw, E. (2021). Prosodic patterns in Sylheti-English bilinguals. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 44(2), 562-579. https://doi.org/10.1017/S027226312100036X

Kirkham, S. & McCarthy, K.M. (2020). Acquiring allophonic structure and phonetic detail in a bilingual community: The production of laterals by Sylheti-English bilingual children. International Journal of Bilingualism.

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