This year has begun with the arrival of 1500 pages of The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World. Every word and page must be checked over the next few weeks to ensure that the entire book is ready for publication. It is a BIG job - but I am thrilled to finally see this fantastic resource in its close to final form. Thanks to Dr Helen Blake who is assisting me and to the diligent chapter authors who have checked the orthography and typesetting so carefully.
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| 1500 pages - 9cm double sided! |
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| Sharynne with the page proofs at the Children's Voices Centre @ The Treehouse in Bathurst, Australia |
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| Helen with lot of paper to be read (this is double sided) |
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| Helen and Sharynne online ready for the work ahead |
Here is the OUP website for the book:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-speech-development-in-languages-of-the-world-9780192868862
Published: 16 June 2026 (Estimated)
Length: 1552 Pages
VIDEOS and WEBSITE
Our videos will remain freely available on the Multilingual Children’s Speech website
- Multilingual Children's Speech Development (free videos): https://multilingual-childrens-speech-development.csu.domains/by-language/
- YouTube: https://research.csu.edu.au/multilingual-speech-playlist
- Multilingual Children's Speech Website, under 'Speech Acquisition' and then ' Multilingual children's speech development' https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition/multilingual-childrens-speech-development
BOOK LAUNCH
Here are some lovely photos from our launch at the International Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference in Greece in 2025: https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2025/06/launch-of-oxford-handbook-of-speech.html