Interestin stuff comin oot o research…
Abertay News
Read the latest news and press releases from Abertay University.
An reportit on STV…
International dialect study puts Dundonian to the test
A Scots brogue is at the centre of new international research that shows the brain treats a dialect and a language in the same way. Abertay University partnered with RWTH Aachen University in Germany to study how quickly the brain can react when asked to switch between standard speech and regional dialects.
And the BBC’ spin
Scots dialects ‘as good as a second language’
Being fluent in both your dialect and standard English is as good as speaking two different languages.