Northumbria forensic linguist Dr Nicci MacLeod recently gave evidence in a murder trial. She will be referring to this in her talk at an event on the 2nd of July.
Continue reading “Forensic Linguistics and Prosecuting Rap”Two More Linguistics Seminars This Year

We are looking forward to the next two research seminars in our series this year.
The events are online and open to all. We look forward to seeing you there.
Language and Education in French cinema

Tonight’s Linguists at the Movies (@LinguistsMovies) screening is The Class/Entre Les Murs
As explained in an earlier post, the idea of Linguists at the Movies is that everyone who’s interested accesses a film, presses play at the same time and shares thoughts during or after viewing the film using the hashtag #LinguistsMovies.
Explaining Metonymy

We are looking forward to next week’s online Institute of Humanities research seminar.
Deirdre Wilson (University College London and Centre for the Study of Nature and Mind, Oslo) will be talking on ‘Explaining Metonymy’.
Language and Linguistics Seminars at Northumbria

Please note: this list has been updated following the postponement of talks on the 23rd of April and 19th of May
We have an exciting line-up in our Language and Linguistics research seminar series this semester.
