Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Thea studied Linguistics as a postgraduate at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and conducted her PhD in School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester (funded by the Max Planck Institute, Leipzig). She was awarded Chartered Psychologist status (CPsychol.) from the British Psychological Society in 2010.
Research interests
Thea is a Professor of Language and Social Interaction at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the development of human communication and language in the early years of development (i.e. between 0-5 years), and investigates how social, cultural, and environmental factors play out in the ways in which children learn to communicate.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
- Creative Manchester
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A cross cultural analysis of early prelinguistic gesture development and its relationship to language development
Cameron-Faulkner, T., Malik, N., Steele, C., Coretta, S., Serratrice, L. & Lieven, E. V. M., 5 Aug 2020, In: Child Development. 92, 1, p. 273-290 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Relationship between Infant Hold out and Gives, and Pointing
Cameron-Faulkner, T., Theakston, A., Lieven, E. & Tomasello, M., 8 May 2015, In: Infancy. 20, 5, p. 576-586Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Responding to Nature: Natural Environments Improve Parent-Child Communication
Cameron-Faulkner, T., Melville, J. & Gattis, M., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 59, p. 9-15 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Language Development in Preschool Children Living with Chronic Health Conditions: A Cohort Study
Cameron-Faulkner, T., Ward, L. & Zhao, C., 1 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice. 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communicative function in child directed speech: A cross-cultural analysis
Zhao, C., Serratrice, L., lieven, E., Steele, C., Malik, N., An, Y., Hayden, E., Neumegen, J. & Cameron-Faulkner, T., Aug 2024, In: First Language.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
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Universally Manchester Festival - Museum Trail
Weise, N. (Participant), Gardner, H. (Organiser), Schultze-Berndt, E. (Participant), Hurley Hall, T. (Participant), Zimmermann, R. (Participant), Breban, T. (Participant) & Cameron-Faulkner, T. (Participant)
8 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching and Research
Impacts
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ESRC Knowledge Exchange Grant: English Language Teaching Programme for non-English speaking low-income mothers.
Cameron-Faulkner, T. (Participant)
Impact: Societal impacts
Datasets
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Gaeltacht Corpus (CHILDES database)
Cameron-Faulkner, T. (Creator) & Hickey, T. (Creator), University of Manchester, 2011
DOI: 10.21415/T5202F, https://childes.talkbank.org/access/Celtic/Irish/Gaeltacht.html
Dataset
Press/Media
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MAIL ONLINE: Want to talk to your child? Take them to the park! Toddlers are chattier in natural environments, experts have found
31/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Does YOUR baby 'show and share'? Researchers say gesture reveals how well language skills will develop
Lieven, E., Cameron-Faulkner, T., Boundy, L. & Theakston, A.
1/11/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Parent and baby interactions across cultures
24/03/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
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