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  • Thesis Opportunity: Sense of Agency in Infants’ Vocalizations as a Predictor of Later Language Development

    Are you interested in how babies learn to communicate before they can talk? Join our research project to explore how infants’ early vocalisations shape the path to language.

    This thesis investigates how distinct indicators of infants’ early vocal development relate to vocabulary size at age two. Students will support remote data collection using a well-established parental questionnaire (Communicative Development Inventories – CDI; German adaptation) to assess toddlers’ language skills. The project will examine how variation in vocabulary outcomes can be explained by early vocal development indices.

    Some indices of early vocal development derived from experimental tasks are already available, while others can be derived by coding video recordings of mother–infant interactions using a combination of manual and automated annotation methods.

    Supervision: Dr. Laura Diprossimo & Prof. Dr. Joscha Kärtner, Department of Psychology

    You will learn

    • Remote data collection methods for parental questionnaires (CDI; German adaptation)
    • Advanced analytical skills in R (Generalised Linear Mixed-Effects Models)
    • Potentially, how to code early communicative behaviour using ELAN

    Application Requirements

    This thesis project is suitable for BSc or MSc students interested in language acquisition, early communication, or developmental research methods.

    Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Interested students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible by sending a short motivation statement (in English) to Dr. Laura Diprossimo: l.diprossimo@uni-muenster.de

    The ideal candidate is expected to join the project by November 24th, 2025.