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Henriëtte Hendriks is a Professor in Language Acquisition and Cognition at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics and the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (TAL) department. She leads the Cambridge Processing and Acquisition of Language lab (CAMPAL) and serves as Deputy Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC).
- Education: Sinology at Leiden University
- Early Career: Coordinator at Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (DFG/ESF projects)
Her research explores how languages encode concepts (person, time, space, causality) and their impact on language acquisition. Key themes include:
- Cognitive Linguistics and Language-Cognition Interfaces
- First and Second Language Acquisition Mechanisms
- Multilingualism and Cognitive Flexibility
- Typological Variation in Semantic Structures
- Deictic Terms and Dynamic Space Representation
Recent publications focus on motion event typology across English, German, French, and Uyghur, examining cross-linguistic influences in acquisition processes. Her work combines experimental methods with syntactic analysis to study semantic mapping and grammaticalization in multilingual contexts.
Current projects include:
- Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) - Principal Investigator
- MEITS Project (Strand 5) - Co-Investigator
- Cambridge Language Sciences Incubator projects on cognitive pacing and parental linguistic contributions
- International DeicTeS project on deictic meaning processes
Labs & Teams:
- Cambridge Processing and Acquisition of Language lab (CAMPAL)
- Collaborations with Zoe Kourtzi, Vicky Leong, and Clare Hughes
