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Dr Paula Hellal

Honorary Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics
BA (London), MA (London), PhD (London)

Biography

Dr. Hellal began her studies at Birkbeck as a part-time student  in 1991. She received a BA (Hons) Linguistics and Spanish which was followed by an MA (Distinction) in Applied Linguistics in 1999. Her thesis was entitled “Slow expressive language development in bilingual settings.”  In 2004, she was awarded a PhD for her thesis “Acquired Childhood Aphasia: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives.” She collaborates with Dr. Marjorie Lorch on a range of topics in the history of language disorders in 19th century England.

Publications

  • Hellal, P. and Lorch, M. The modern beginnings of research into developmental language disorders. In C. Marshall (Ed.) Current Issues in Developmental Disorders. Psychology Press, London. 2012, in press.
  • Lorch, M. and Hellal, P. The 'idioglossia' cases of the 1890s and the clinical investigation and treatment of developmental language impairment. Cortex, 2011 doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2011.07.007
  • Lorch, M. and Hellal, P. Darwin’s ‘Natural Science of Babies’. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 2010, 19, 1-18.
  • Hellal, P. and Lorch, M. The Emergence of the Age Variable in Nineteenth Century Neurology: Considerations of Recovery Patterns in Acquired Childhood Aphasia. In Finger, S. Boller, F. and Tyler, K.L. (eds.) Handbook of Clinical Neurology Vol 95 (3rd series) History of Neurology, Chapter 52. Elsevier, Edinburgh, 2010, 845-52.
  • Hellal, P. and Lorch, M. Darwin’s contribution to the study of child development and language acquisition. Language and History, 2010, 53, 1, 1-14.
  • Hellal, P. and Lorch, M. Discrepancies between the published and archived case notes of the most cited case of acquired child aphasia in the 19th century. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 2007, 16, 378-394.
  • Hellal, P. 'To speak like a child', History Today Magazine. October 2009
  • Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Charles West: a 19th century perspective on acquired childhood aphasia', Journal Of Neurolinguistics, 2005, 18(4): 345-360.
  • Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Acquired Childhood Aphasia: British contributions to the 19th century debate', Brain and Language , 2003, 87: 122-123.
  • Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Nineteenth-century perspectives on acquired childhood aphasia', Brain and Language 2002, 83: 28-30.
  • Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Dr. Charles West: a 19th century perspective on childhood aphasia', Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 2002, 11: 408.

Refereed Papers presented at Conferences

  • 2009: P. Hellal and M. Lorch. 'Child language impairment and the idioglossia debate of the 1890s', Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas. Oxford.
  • 2009: P. Hellal and M. Lorch. Darwin's Contribution to the Study of Child Development and Language Acquisition. Symposium Celebrating the Darwin Bicentennial. International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, Charleston, SC.
  • 2007: P. Hellal and M. Lorch 'Medico-legal considerations of insanity and aphasia', British Society for the History of Science, Medicine and allied technologies. Manchester, UK.
  • 2007: M. Lorch and P. Hellal 'Determining the distinction between language and thought through medico-legal considerations of aphasia in the late 19th century', International Society for the History of Neurosciences, Los Angeles.
  • 2005: Hellal, P. and M. Lorch '19th Century theories of child language acquisition', Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, Cambridge. UK.
  • 2005: Lorch, M. and P. Hellal 'Sir William Osler and his contribution to acquired childhood aphasia', International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, St. Andrews Scotland.
  • 2004: Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Child Language Acquisition: Nineteenth Century Perspectives', Child Language Conference. Bristol, UK.
  • 2004: Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Childhood Aphasic Cases: 19th Century Perspectives', Child Language Conference. Bristol, UK.
  • 2004: Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Barlow’s 1877 case of Acquired Childhood Aphasia and its Significance for Neurolinguistic Theory', Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, Oxford. UK.
  • 2003: Hellal, P. and M. Lorch 'Recovery of language function in acquired childhood aphasia: The influential case of Barlow (1877)', International Society for the History of the Neurosciences. Windsor, UK.
  • 2003: Lorch, M. and P. Hellal 'Acquired Childhood Aphasia: British Contributions to the 19th Century Debate', Academy of Aphasia. Vienna. Austria.
  • 2002: Lorch, M. and P. Hellal 'Nineteenth century perspectives on acquired childhood aphasia', Academy of Aphasia. New York, USA.
  • 2002: Lorch, M. and P. Hellal 'Charles West: a 19th Century Perspective on Childhood Aphasia', International Society for the History of the Neurosciences. Los Angeles. USA.
  • 2002: Hellal, P. ' "Dr. Charles West". British Society for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine', Postgraduate Conference. London. UK.
  • 2001: Hellal, P. 'Great Ormond Street Archives', British Society for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Postgraduate Conference. Oxford, UK.
 
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