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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Language and Intangible Cultural Heritage

The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Professor Natalie Braber from Nottingham Trent University

The talk’s title is ‘Is our language part of our heritage? Intangible cultural heritage in the UK‘. There’s an abstract below.

This is an online session. Email Billy Clark to join: billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk

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Supporting English Language Teaching

The next speaker in our Language and Linguistics Research Seminar series is our colleague Dr. Bill Guariento.

The talk’s title is ‘Supporting English Language Teaching students online in Gaza’

Bill will be telling us about his project supporting students in Gaza with online teaching.

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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

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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