Sharynne McLeod is Distinguished Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition at Charles Sturt University, Australia. This blog records the work of her team to support multilingual children's speech acquisition throughout the world. The associated Multilingual Children's Speech website contains resources for over 100 languages: http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech
September 28, 2026
Icelandic Research Fund Grant: Optimisation of the World of Words
I am pleased to be part of this exciting grant conducted across Iceland
Title: “Optimisation of the World of Words”
PIs: Kate Crowe, Jóhanna Thelma Einarsdóttir and Þóra Másdóttir
Co-proposers: Susan Neuman, Mark Guiberson, Sharynne McLeod, Auður Ragnarsdóttir, Björg Einarsdóttir, and Bryndís Bergþórsdóttir
Funder: Icelandic Research Fund from the Icelandic Centre for Research
Amount: 74.962.100 ISK (AUD 860,540 or USD 613,425)