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Henriëtte Hendriks is a Professor at the University of Cambridge in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. She specializes in language acquisition, cognitive linguistics, and critical discourse analysis. Her research focuses on the relationship between language and cognition, particularly in the contexts of child and adult language acquisition. Before joining Cambridge in 1998, she studied Sinology at Leiden University and held a position at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, where she coordinated various projects related to child language acquisition. Currently, she serves as the Principal Investigator and Deputy Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition. Her notable research interests include multilingualism and cognitive flexibility, especially how different languages express concepts of time, space, and causality. Hendriks welcomes inquiries from prospective MPhil and PhD students seeking to explore these areas further.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, ENG
Teaching and researching language acquisition, discourse analysis, and linguistic relativity.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.