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Paul Baker gives talk at University of Portsmouth
Date: 12 March 2013
Paul Baker gave a talk on the representation of Islam in the UK press at the University of Portsmouth. ... Read more»
Ruth invited to Final European Conference, ACCEPT Project, Brussels
Date: 6 March 2013
As member of the 7th Framework EU project ACCEPT, Ruth is invited o participate at the final presentation at Brussels, 6/7 March 2013. Conference p ... Read more»
Postgraduate studentships available in the Department of Linguistics and English Language
Date: 1 March 2013
Postgraduate studentships available at Lancaster's Department of Linguistics and English Language The Department of Linguistics and English Langua ... Read more»
State-of-the-art research equipment for the Lancaster Linguistics Research Lab
Date: 27 February 2013
State-of-the-art research equipment is being acquired for the Lancaster Linguistics Research Lab. Lancaster University is funding the acquisitio ... Read more»
Paul Baker gives talk at City University of Hong Kong
Date: 27 February 2013
Paul Baker gave a talk on the representation of Muslim women at City University Hong. ... Read more»
Article by LAEL PhD student published in the Guardian online
Date: 26 February 2013
Danny Whitehead, a Linguistics and English Language PhD student, had the following article on language policy in Indonesia published in the Guardian ... Read more»
Linguistics with Chinese degree praised in UK Trade & Investment North West award
Date: 26 February 2013
Our Linguistics with Chinese degree praised in UK Trade & Investment North West award. For full details see the BBC website ... Read more»
Paul Baker gives plenary at Washington DC
Date: 15 February 2013
Paul Baker gave a plenary talk at the 20th Anniversary of the Lavender Linguistics and Languages Conference, held at American University, Washington D ... Read more»
Professor Ruth Wodak giving Open Lecture at the University of Manchester
Date: 12 February 2013
Distinguished Professor Ruth Wodak is giving an Open Lecture at the University of Manchester on Tuesday 12 February 2013. Hosted by the Centre for ... Read more»
Ruth holds Research Seminar, Business School, Helsinki
Date: 7 February 2013
Ruth is invited to hold e research seminar in the Hanken Business School, on Applying CDA in the Analysis of Meetings! See http://www.hanken.fi/pub ... Read more»
Ruth at Workshop about the notions of 'critique' and 'critical'
Date: 7 February 2013
Ruth is invited to University Jyväskyla from 7-9 February, to participate at a workshop discussing the notions of critique and critical. See b ... Read more»
Paul Baker gives talk at University of Chester
Date: 6 February 2013
Paul Baker gave a talk to the English department at the University of Chester entitled: Do men all just want the same thing? A corpus linguistics appr ... Read more»
Charis Stefanou wins Language Learning Dissertation Grant
Date: 2 February 2013
LAEL PhD student Charis Stefanou has been awarded the "Language Learning Dissertation Grant" from the internationally renowned Journal of Language L ... Read more»
Yvonne Prefontaine wins best graduate student paper competition
Date: 31 January 2013
Yvonne Prefontaine, a PhD student in the Thesis and Coursework programme, has won the Canadian Modern Language Review Best Graduate Student Paper co ... Read more»
Funding to develop links between Lancaster and Georgetown University, Washington
Date: 24 January 2013
The Department of Linguistics and English Language has received funding from FASS to support the development of links between Lancaster and Georgeto ... Read more»
Study Start: New 2-week intensive study skills course
Date: 24 January 2013
Study Start is a 2-week intensive study skills course designed to help international students get the best possible start for their degree at ... Read more»
Elena Semino gives an invited talk at London's Eastman Dental Hospital
Date: 23 January 2013
Elena Semino gives a talk entitled 'A Linguistic approach to the McGill pain questionnaire' at the Eastman Dental Hospital in London. The talk is part ... Read more»
Statement of Austrian Expertenrat on 'Acquisition of German Language'
Date: 14 January 2013
A statement about the best ways to teach and acquire necessary German proficiency for school children and pre-school children was drafted by Ruth Woda ... Read more»
Applications for PG scholarships open until 22 March 2013
Date: 17 January 2013
Applications for our postgraduate scholarships are open until 22 March 2013. For MA scholarships see http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/fun ... Read more»
ESRC Centre on Corpus Approaches to Social Science
Date: 16 January 2013
We are delighted to announce that a group of Lancaster linguists led by Professor Tony McEnery have been awarded a £3.5 million ESRC Centre on ... Read more»