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Polysemy, Pragmatics and Word Meaning

The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Professor Robyn Carston from University College London

The talk’s title is Polysemy, Pragmatics and Word Meaning. There’s an abstract below.

Time: 12noon to 1pm, Wednesday 19 February 2025

Place: Sandyford 417, City Campus, Northumbria University

Also online: email Billy Clark to join online: billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk

Directions and campus map: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-campuses/newcastle-city-campus

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Pragmatic Stylistics and Creative Practice

Pragmatic Stylistics and Creative Practice: A workshop led by Billy Clark and Tony Williams

Wednesday 8 May. 2:45 – 3:45

You are invited to participate in this workshop developed by Billy Clark and Tony Williams in response to the call for expressions of interest and the current Gallery North exhibition programme, WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH?

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Making institutional sense of domestic abuse in police casework

The next seminar of the Northumbria Language and Linguistics Research Seminar Series will take place on Wednesday 23rd November at 12:00 in Lipman 121. The seminar will be delivered in a hybrid format so join us in person or online.  We are pleased to welcome our newest member of staff  Dr. Patricia Canning who will  be talking about ‘Making institutional sense of domestic abuse in police casework’

All welcome! 

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billylinguist creative writing, English, English Language, Linguistics

Pragmatics, writing and (really) listening

Here is information on our first Linguistics Research Seminar of the new academic year.

Our speakers are Billy Clark and Tony Williams, both from Northumbria. Billy and Tony have been discussing how pragmatic theories can be developed by looking at the work of creative writers (including how they talk about their work) and at how ideas from pragmatics might help writers to understand and develop their practice.

There is more information below. All welcome!

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