Lynne Duncan

Personal profile

Biography

After completing my undergraduate degree in the School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, I was awarded an MRC studentship to study for a PhD on the topic of developmental dyslexia. I have been conducting research and lecturing in the School of Psychology at the University of Dundee since 1999. In 2009, I held a post as a Visiting Lecturer in the Unité de Recherche sur l’Evolution du Comportement et l’Apprentissage at the Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3 in France.

Research

Lab Website: Language and Learning lab

My current research takes a cross-linguistic perspective on language development in relation to visual word recognition and developmental dyslexia. Recent studies have investigated the influence of speech rhythm on phonological development and the relationship between orthographic depth and rates of reading acquisition in a wide range of European languages including Danish, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian Spanish and Swedish.

I have also been investigating early language development, in particular, the acquisition of knowledge about derivational morphology through collaboration with Prof. Pascale Colé (Aix-Marseille Université, France) Prof. Séverine Casalis (Université de Lille 3, France).

Finally, I have been developing an interest in the visual word recognition skills of bilinguals and second language learners together with Prof. Séverine Casalis and our former PhD student, Dr Eva Commissaire.

Teaching

I supervise undergraduate and MSc dissertatons and teach on the following modules:

MSc Research in Practice

MSc/Level 4: Reading Development and Disability

Level 3 Research Skills

Level 2: Language Development

Level 1: Biological Psychology

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Projects

2 Finished

The Development of Idiom Comprehension Processes in Children: Developing an Online Methodology

Duncan, L. & Melinger, A.

1/02/16 → 31/01/17

Project: Research

Measuring the Outcome of Early Intervention in Language and Literacy Among Preschool Children Affected by Social Disadvantage

Duncan, L. & Potter, D.

10/06/13 → 9/06/19

Project: Research

Research Output

638 Citations
15 h-Index
28 Article
5 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
3 Chapter
1 Book
4 More

Investigating pseudohomophone interference effects in young second-language learners

Commissaire, E., Duncan, L. & Casalis, S., Apr 2019, In : Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 180, p. 1-18 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

39 Downloads (Pure)

Word Morphology and Written Language Acquisition: Insights from Typical and Atypical Development in Different Orthographies

Duncan, L. G. (ed.), Traficante, D. (ed.) & Wilson, M. (ed.), 5 Jun 2019, Swizterland: Frontiers Media S.A. 186 p. (Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Communication)

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access

File

117 Downloads (Pure)

Word Morphology and Written Language Acquisition: Insights from Typical and Atypical Development in Different Orthographies

Duncan, L. G., Traficante, D. & Wilson, M., 6 Feb 2019, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 10, p. 1-3 3 p., 126.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Open Access

File

97 Downloads (Pure)

A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of the Role of Morphology in Reading Development

Duncan, L. G., 9 Apr 2018, Morphological Processing and Literacy Development: Current Issues and Research. Berthiaume, R., Daigle, D. & Desrochers, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)