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Elizabeth Wonnacott is a Professor of Language Science at the University of Oxford’s Department of Education. Previously, she held positions as an Associate Professor at UCL’s Division of Language Sciences and an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Warwick. Her academic journey includes a Junior Research Fellowship at Linacre College, Oxford, and degrees in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence (University of Edinburgh) and Brain and Cognitive Sciences (University of Rochester).
Her research focuses on human language learning mechanisms, particularly statistical learning processes in first and second language acquisition. Key interests include naturalistic versus classroom-based learning, educational implications for language teaching, literacy development, and discriminative learning theories. She explores how variability in input influences learning outcomes, with recent work supported by a Leverhulme Trust grant examining discriminative linguistics.
Dr. Wonnacott teaches on the MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition and the MSc in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching. She supervises doctoral students interested in statistical learning, age-related differences, implicit vs. explicit learning, and computational modeling of language acquisition.
Her work is centered at the Language Learning Lab, where she investigates topics like phonetic training, multi-word unit learning, and the role of iconicity in language development. Her research bridges cognitive science, linguistics, and education, emphasizing experimental and computational approaches to understanding language acquisition.
