Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen

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December 16, 2025

Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound

Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, The University of Melbourne

Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our memory.

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August 1, 2023

‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school

Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, The University of Melbourne; Brett Baker, The University of Melbourne; Hilda Ngalmi, Indigenous Knowledge, and Yizhou Wang, The University of Melbourne

A new study investigated children’s use of Kriol language at the Wugularr School in the Northern Territory.

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June 26, 2023

A new study of Warlpiri language shows how ‘baby talk’ helps little kids learn to speak

Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, The University of Melbourne; Alice Nelson, Indigenous Knowledge; Carmel O'Shannessy, Australian National University; Jessie Bartlett, Indigenous Knowledge, and Vanessa Napaltjari Davis, Australian National University

Previous studies of baby talk have focussed on European languages, Mandarin and Japanese. For the first time, research looks at an Australian Indigenous language.

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