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Publications

	Alcock, KJ Ngorosho, D Deus, C Jukes, MCH (in press). We don't have language at our house: Disentangling the relationship between phonological awareness, schooling, and literacy British Journal of Educational Psychology, , .
	Alcock, KJ Krawczyk, K (in press). Individual differences in language development: Relationship with motor skill at 21 months Developmental Science, , .
	Alcock, KJ (2009). The quick brown fox run over one lazy geese: Phonological and morphological processing of plurals in English Center for Research in Language Technical Report, 21(1), 3-21.
	Alcock, K. J., Holding, P. A., Mung'ala Odera, V., & Newton, C. R. J. C. (2008). Constructing tests of cognitive abilities for schooled and unschooled children Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology , 39, 529-551.
	Abubakar, A; Alcock, K; Holding, P (2008). Adapting Western Developmental Measures for Use in Resource Poor Settings: Methodological Issues Archives of Disease in Childhood, , .
	Alcock, K.J. & Ngorosho, D. (2007). Learning to spell and learning phonology: The spelling of nasal consonants in Kiswahili. Reading and Writing, 20, 643-670.
	Mung'ala-Odera, V., Meehan, R., Njuguna, P ; Mturi, N; Alcock, K.J. & Newton, C.R.J.C. (2006). Prevalence and risk factors of neurological disability and impairment in children living in rural Kenya. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35, 683-688.
	Alcock, K (2006). The development of oral motor control and language. Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 11 (1), 1-8.
	Grigorenko, E. L., Sternberg, R. J., Jukes, M., Alcock, K., Lambo, J., Ngorosho, D., Nokes, C. & Bundy, D. A. (2006). Effects of antiparasitic treatment on dynamically and statically tested cognitive skills over time Journal Of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 499-526.
	Alcock,K J (2005). Literacy in Kiswahili. Chapter in Joshi,R.Malatesha, Aaron,P.G.: Handbook of orthography and literacy. Mahwah, NJ: LEA.
	Alcock, K. J., Rimba, K., Tellaie, M., & Newton, C. R. J. C. (2005). Learning the passive in natural(istic) settings. : Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, 2005.
	Mung'ala-Odera, V., Meehan, R., Njugana, P., Mturi, N., Alcock, K., Carter, J. A., & Newton, C. R. J. C. (2004). Validity and Reliability of the 'Ten Questions' Questionnaire for Detecting Moderate to Severe Neurological Impairment in Kenyan Children. Neuroepidemiology, 23, 67-74.
	Alcock, K.J. & Ngorosho, D. (2004). Interaction between phonological and grammatical processing in single word production in Kiswahili. Language and Speech, 47(1), 1-30.
	Alcock, K.J. & Ngorosho, D. (2003). Learning to spell a regularly spelled language is not a trivial task - patterns of errors in Kiswahili. Reading and Writing, 16 (7), 635-666.
	Jukes, M.C.H., Nokes, C.A., Alcock, K.J., Lambo, J.K., Kihamia, C., Ngorosho, N., Mbise, A., Lorri, W., Yona, E., Mwanri, L., Grantham-McGregor, S.M., Baddeley, A.M., Hall, A., & Bundy, D.A.P (2002). Heavy schistosomiasis associated with poor short-term memory and slower reaction times in Tanzanian school children. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 7(2), 104-117.
	Alcock, K J and Bundy, D. A. P. (2001). The impact of infectious disease on cognitive development. Chapter in R. Sternberg and E Grigorenko: Environmental effects on cognitive abilities. Mahwah, NJ: LEA.
	May, J., Alcock, K. J., Robinson, L., & Mwita, C. (2001). A computerized test of speed of language comprehension unconfounded by literacy. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 433-443.
	Alcock, K.J.; Passingham, R.E.; Watkins, K; Vargha-Khadem, F (2000). Oral dyspraxia in inherited speech and language impairment and acquired dysphasia. Brain and Language , 75(1), 17-33.
	Alcock, KJ; Passingham, R.E.; Watkins, K; Vargha-Khadem, (2000). Pitch and timing abilities in inherited speech and language impairment. Brain and Language, 75 (1), 34-46.
	Alcock, K.J.; Wade, D, Anslow, P &. Passingham, R.E. (2000). Pitch and timing abilities in adult left hemisphere dysphasic and right hemisphere damaged subjects. Brain and Language , 75(1), 47-65.
	Alcock, K.J.; Nokes, K; Ngowi, F; Musabi, C; McGregor, S; Mbise, A; Mandali, R; Bundy, D; Baddeley, A (2000). The development of reading tests for use in a regularly spelt language. Applied Psycholinguistics , 21(4), 525-555.
	Vargha-Khadem, F; Watkins, K.E.; Price, CJ; Ashburner, J; Alcock, K.J.; Connelly, A; Frackowiak, R.S.J.; Friston, K.J.; Pembrey, M.E.; Mishkin, M; Gadian, D.G.; Passingham, R.E. (1998). Neural basis of an inherited speech and language disorder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA , 95, .
	Vargha-Khadem, F; Watkins, K; Alcock, K.J.; Fletcher, P & Passingham, R.E. (1995). Praxic and nonverbal cognitive deficits in a large family with a genetically transmitted speech and language disorder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA , 92, 930-933.

Grants

• 2007 (for one year), small grant from Lancaster University.
  Variabilty in Child Language: the Child Language Survey
  with Kate Cain (Psychology), Andrew Hardie, Sebastian Hoffman (LAEL), Paul Rayson (Computing).
  More details about this grant can be found here.
  
• 2006 (for 1 year) from Allen Foundation.
  Developmental outcomes of maternal micronutrient supplementation at three years of age
  
  
• 2005 (for 1 year), Small grant from Nuffield Foundation.
  Tests of oral motor skills and language impairment
  
  
• 2004 (for 1 year), small grant from ESRC.
  Individual differences and the vocabulary burst
  
  
• 2004 (for two years) from NIH.
  Developing a Measure of Brain Insults In Kilifi District, Kenya
  with Penny Holding, Charles Newton (KEMRI CGMR, Kilifi, Kenya), Judith Waudo (Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya), Kim Espy (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA).