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Linguistics Research Seminars

We have a great line-up of research seminars for semester one of 2023-2024. Here is the lineup:

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We offer a combination of in-person and online seminars. In-person seminars will also be streamed via Teams unless otherwise stated.

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18 October 2023
Dr Phillip Wallage (Northumbria University)
How to say NO in early German and early English: changing ways to agree and disagree
12:00-13:00, Sandyford 301

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1 November 2023
Dr Rachid Khoumikham (Northumbria University)
Exploring career progression for female engineers: insights into the influence of English medium education (EME) on career progression in the UK and Palestine
12:00-13:00, Sandyford 301

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22 November 2023
Prof. Louise Cummings (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Cognitive-linguistic difficulties in adults with Long COVID 12:00-13:00, online via Teams

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8 December 2023
Richie Greaves and Tony Evans (guest speakers and Hillsborough survivors)
Hillsborough: the truth
15:00-16:00, Lipman 0001
Followed by a poster exhibition and presentations from EL6052 Forensic Linguistics at 16:00-17:00

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13 December 2023
Dr Stefan Grondelaers (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Title to be confirmed
12:00-13:00, online via Teams

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All welcome. For further information, please contact Dr Mimi Huang, Research Group Lead and Postgraduate Research Lead for Language and Linguistics: mimi.huang@northumbria.ac.uk

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The Benefits of Reading with Children

There are lots of exciting events in this year’s Festival of Social Science

Our colleague Mimi Huang is the lead for this interactive workshop on the benefits to adults of reading and sharing stories with children. The event is free and open to all.

The event takes place on Saturday the 11th of November at Whitley Bay Library.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the funder for the festival, Mimi is the lead for this event and is working with two partners: Nicola Vernon (Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust) and Emmalene Charlton (Tyneside and Northumberland Mind) 

Here is the event synopsis: 

While much emphasis has been placed on the positive influence that reading has on children’s development and mental health, the contribution of such experiences to the mental health and wellbeing of the adults sharing the stories – such as parents, grandparents, and other caregivers – has been largely overlooked. This public engagement event, funded by the ESRC Social Science Festival, aims to shift the spotlight onto these shared-reading benefits for adults with childcare responsibilities.

Supported by experienced researchers, practitioners and experts at Northumbria University, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, and Tyneside and Northumberland Mind, the event will create an interactive platform for audiences to explore and share their personal experiences of reading with children, uncover hidden and unexpected benefits, and deepen their understanding of how reading with children can contribute to their mental health, personal development and lifelong wellbeing.

The event webpage is here:

https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/beyond-bedtime-the-hidden-joy-and-wellness-in-adults-reading-with-children/

And you can find out more about the festival here:

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/social-sciences-festival/

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CANCELLED: A Level English Language Day 2023

We’re very sorry to have to announce that this event is now cancelled. This is due to a combination of industrial action and staff unavailability. We will be hosting other events next academic year, including an A Level Day in November. We look forward to seeing you there!

CANCELLED:

We are very happy to announce this year’s A Level (Year 12) English Language Day, which will take place at our City Campus on 5 July 2023.

The event is free and has limited spaces (we hope to accommodate all of you but bookings will have to be first come first served).

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Irony in the Public Sphere

The next seminar of the Northumbria Language and Linguistics Research Seminar Series will take place on Wednesday 26th April at 12:00 in Lipman 121.

The speaker is Professor Paul Simpson from the University of Liverpool and his talk will be on ‘Irony and its consequences in the public sphere‘ (there’s an abstract below)

The seminar will be delivered in a hybrid format so join us in person or online (more info on each below).

All welcome! 

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