Nina Brink achieved a BA, BA (HONS) and MA at the North-West University's Potchefstroom campus. She is a lecturer of linguistics in the department of Afrikaans and Dutch.

INTERESTS: Afrikaans first language acquisition, specifically the study of the development of meaning and function of a child's lexicon from usage-based and cognitive approaches.

PUBLICATIONS Brink, N. & Breed, A. 2017. Hoe jong Afrikaanssprekende kinders betekenis aan hul vroeë taalgebruik verbind. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 57(4):1012-1036.

PROJECTS An investigation of Afrikaans first language acquisition from cognitive approaches (Co-workers: Bertus van Rooy & Gerhard van Huyssteen)