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Lena Sonntag training outdoors.

Looking Ahead – Lena Sonntag is studying patholinguistics and is a race-walking athlete

It’s one of those hot days in July, 5 p.m. On the beach of Lake Templin, children and adults crowd together. For Lena Sonntag, the 35 degrees Celsius …
Der Botschafter von Ghana in Deutschland, Prof. Ohene Adjei, und der Präsident der Universität Potsdam, Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. posieren für ein Foto. Sie schütteln die Hände.

Expanding Links with West Africa – Ghana's Ambassador Visits Am Neuen Palais Campus

The University of Potsdam wants to strengthen and further expand its relations with various African countries. Brandenburg's largest institution of …
Baby sitting on its mother's lap

Recognizing Subtle Differences – New Study on Language Development in Infants in the Global South

Media Information: 09-09-2025 / No. 080

Potsdam psycholinguists are investigating how children learn their mother tongue, not only in Germany but also in comparative research worldwide. A …
Portrait of Prof. Dr. Nanna Fuhrhop

Spelling to the Power of Three – Punctuation, Reading Support and Reforms

Capitalization, placing commas, loanwords: Spelling is a necessary evil for many, a horror for most, and the subject of intensive research for a few. …
Ulrike Demske during the interview.

Goden Dach, wie gait di dat? An online catalog at the University of Potsdam makes the surviving vocabulary of Brandenburg’s dialects publicly accessible

“Wist mir den Stieg ebber de Weesen?” If August Höhne, born in 1889, had asked for the way through the meadows in the broadest dialect, he might …
Children in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

How many languages can you learn at the same time? – Ghanaian babies grow up speaking two to six languages

Media information 26-02-2025 / No. 019

Africa is a multilingual continent and many adults speak several languages fluently. An empirical study by a research team led by the Potsdam …
Alejandra Camelo Cruz

With Willpower and Passion – University scholarship recipient Alejandra Camelo Cruz discovered her enthusiasm for the intersection of technology and language in Potsdam

At the age of 28, Alejandra Camelo Cruz has already experienced a lot: After finishing high school, the Colombian wanted to become a priest and lived …
The US-American researcher Sudha Arunachalam

The Subtle Differences – Visiting researcher Sudha Arunachalam about linguistic research on infants

Linguist Sudha Arunachalam has received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for her findings on …
Sprachstudie in Gahana. Mutter und Baby sitzen vor einem Bildschirm

Universal Euphony – Experimental Study in Africa Proves Our Preference for Linguistic Harmony

Media information 09-07-2024 / No. 069

Babies who grow up surrounded by multiple languages prefer harmonious linguistic patterns long before they learn to speak. A research team led by …
Different social media buttons on a smartphone display.

Future Prospects – “SoMe4Dem” And How Social Media Can Damage or Strengthen Democracy

Fake news, manipulation, and opinion mongering – social media has made it easy to blur the lines between facts and opinions and influence public …