# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Highlight Talk - Jennifer Smith on Children and Language Change
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 02:30 pm – Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 03:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Free Highlight Talk in the Robertson Room at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway.About this EventJennifer Smith, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Glasgow University: From imitators to innovators: children and language change.Language is uniquely human. We are the only species that has the ability to talk about the weather, what we will eat for dinner tonight, why we did not like the film we saw at the weekend. Language is also constantly changing - a granny sounds very different to a grandchild - and children are at the centre in driving language change. How exactly does this happen?In this talk I examine the speech of children from the north-east of Scotland in the key years of language development: first in preschool (aged 3-4) with their caregivers, and then in preadolescence (12-13) with their peers. In doing so, we can track the dynamics of language change as the children move from imitation in the caregiver-dominated speech of the home to innovation in the community-dominated speech of the wider world.Booking for Highlight Talks at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is recommended to guarantee entry. Due to limited capacity in the venue, any available seats will be allocated to attendees who have not booked on a first come, first served basis, meaning that entry cannot be guaranteed without booking.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Alloway
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Robertson Room, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
- **lat**: 55.4282745
- **long**: -4.6356823
- **full address**: Robertson Room, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, United Kingdom

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- **Q**: When and where is Highlight Talk - Jennifer Smith on Children and Language Change being held?
  - **A:** Highlight Talk - Jennifer Smith on Children and Language Change takes place on Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 02:30 pm to Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 03:30 pm at Robertson Room, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, United Kingdom.
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  - **A:** Highlight Talk - Jennifer Smith on Children and Language Change is organized by Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

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