Celebration - The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World

Today we had two celebrations of The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World with 61 of our our chapter authors. We had one celebration at 8am and one at 6pm AEST in order to accommodate the world's timezones. THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL MULTILINGUAL MINDS.

OUP chapter authors - Celebration 1

 

OUP chapter authors - Celebration 2 (photo 1)

OUP chapter authors - Celebration 2 (photo 2)

OUP chapter authors attending celebration 1 (yellow) and 2 (blue)

The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World (McLeod, 2026)

• 80 chapters: 5 intro chapters, 49 language chapters, 27 dialect chapters
• 173 authors 
• 1503 pages
• Publication 2026
• Companion child/adult recordings

Oxford University Press websites: 

• Online book: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62951 
• Information: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-speech-development-in-languages-of-the-world-9780192868862 

Google books sample: 

• https://play.google.com/store/books/details?pcampaignid=books_read_action&id=PGDkEQAAQBAJ 

Charles Sturt University associated sites: 

• YouTube channel: https://research.csu.edu.au/multilingual-speech-playlist 
• Language, abstracts, PowerPoints and videos: https://multilingual-childrens-speech-development.csu.domains/by-language/ 

CELEBRATION 1 – 21 ATTENDEES
Wed 12 August 2026 – 8am AEST

1. Alexis Black
2. Barbara M Bernhardt
3. Benjamas Prathanee
4. Brenda Louw
5. Chelsea Sommer
6. Daniel Bérubé
7. Francoise Brosseau-Lapre
8. Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale
9. Helen Blake
10. Ida Stockman
11. Joe Stemberger
12. Kate Margetson
13. Kelly Farquharson
14. Krisztina Zajdó
15. Lynn Williams
16. Márcia Keske-Soares
17. Peter Flipsen
18. Sharynne McLeod
19. Simon McDonald
20. Susan Rvachew
21. Tanya Flores

CELEBRATION 2 – 39 ATTENDEES
Wed 12 August 2026 – 6pm AEST 

22.    Anna-Leena Martikainen
23.    Annette Fox-Boyer
24.    Spyros Armostis (Σπύρος Αρμοστής)
25.    Anniek van Doornik
26.    Avivit Ben-David
27.    Ben Phạm
28.    Ciara O'Toole
29.    Dana Buntová
30.    Diana Ignatova
31.    Elaine Ballard
32.    Ewa Czaplewska
33.    Ghada Khattab
34.    Hadeel Ayyad
35.    Hanne Gram Simonsen
36.    Helen Blake
37.    Helen Grech
38.    Jennifer Boer
39.    Katri Saaristo-Helin
40.    Lakshmi Venkatesh
41.    Leah Gedalyovich
42.    Marit Carolin Clausen
43.    Martina Ozbič
44.    Melanie Basinger
45.    Olebeng Mahura
46.    Paula Fikkert
47.    Paulina Zydorowicz
48.    Salome Geertsema
49.    Tamer Abou-Elsaad
50.    Rowena Garcia
51.    Saira Ambreen
52.    Sara Lavaggi
53.    Sari Kunnari
54.    Savitha Vadakkanthara Hariharan
55.    Sharynne McLeod
56.    Silke Fricke
57.    Sofia Strömbergsson
58.    Spyros Armostis
59.    Taelo Qhala
60.    Thora Masdottir
61.    Yvonne Wren

Apologies

1. Kathryn Crowe, Iceland
2. Sarah Verdon, Australia 
3. Wiebke Freese, Germany
4. Shahla Fatemi, Iran 
5. Mia Roux, South Africa