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In person

Date & time:

24 Apr 2023, 18:00 – 19:30

The multilingual lexicon and what it tells us about cognition and the brain

Join this event to hear John W. Schwieter discuss what the multilingual lexicon reveals about critical neural activities.

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The multilingual lexicon and what it tells us about cognition and the brain

24 Apr 2023, 18:00 – 19:30

Dr John W. Schwieter

Professor of Spanish and Linguistics

Wilfrid Laurier University

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Ticketing

Pre-booking essential

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Roberto Filippi

r.filippi@ucl.ac.uk