We had an excellent line-up of speakers for our research seminar series in academic year 2021-2022. Here are the speakers and titles.
We will be announcing more great speakers for 2022-2023.
Continue reading “Linguistics Research Seminars 2021-2022”BAAL Resources from 2020/2021
Here are links to some resources for BAAL2021, the online conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics which we hosted online 9-10 September 2021:
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When Oroonoko is not enough?
The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Mel Evans from the University of Leeds.
The talk takes place online at 12-1pm UK time on Wednesday 8th of December. Please email me for a link: Billy Clark, billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk
Continue reading “When Oroonoko is not enough?”Postgraduate Linguistics Conference Update
We’ve had another change to the programme for our Toon Taaks conference on the 27th of July. The updated announcement (updated on the 21st of July) is below.
Continue reading “Postgraduate Linguistics Conference Update”Language, identity and why we shouldn’t be so quick to judge
We are delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Linguistics Lecture will be delivered by Rob Drummond, from Manchester Metropolitan University, on our city campus at 6pm on Thursday the 20th of June.
Rob is an excellent and very engaging speaker. This is guaranteed to be a fun and fascinating talk for anyone interested is language and how the way we speak affects how we understand each other.
The event is free and open to all. Places are limited so book here to make sure you reserve a place:
Time and date: 6pm, 20 June 2019
Location: Lipman Lecture Theatre (Lipman 031), Lipman Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
Directions and campus map: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-campuses/newcastle-city-campus/
Title: Language, identity and why we shouldn’t be so quick to judge
Summary:
Language plays a vital role in making us who we are, certainly in terms of how we are perceived by others. The way we speak provides insights into our social background, proudly announcing some characteristics, and subtly hinting at others. But how much control do we have over the way our speech portrays us? Does our spoken language simply reflect our identities, or does it somehow create them?
This talk explores these questions by drawing on examples from research and from everyday life. It demonstrates the strength of the relationship between language and identity, and highlights how our judgements of others are often led by language. It then asks how fair these judgements are, and whether they say more about us than they do about the person being judged.
About Rob:
Rob Drummond is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, and Head of Youth Language at the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, both at Manchester Metropolitan University. He teaches, researches, and writes about issues to do with language and identity, specialising in the language of young people. His current research project, Manchester Voices, explores the accents, dialects and identities of people across Greater Manchester. Prior to that he worked with young people who had been excluded from mainstream school, and investigated their use of Multicultural Urban British English. Rob regularly appears on television and radio talking about language-related issues, from linguistic pedantry, to politicians’ accents, to language discrimination.
He has published widely, including the books Researching Urban Youth Language and Identity (Palgrave Macmillan 2018) and (with Dan Clayton) Language Diversity and World Englishes (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Find out more at his personal and university websites:
https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/languages/staff/profile/index.php?id=176
Queries and further information: If you have any questions about the event, please contact Billy Clark: billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk
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