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The Manchester Phonology Meeting has just seen its 27th edition. The conference is a firm favourite for phonologists around the world. It annually welcomes over a hundred delegates, and it’s documented to trigger a rare meteorological phenomenon in our fine city, known as ‘sunshine’. This year, the conference was hosted, for the first time, at a new […]
May 14, 2019 by manling
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If you’re in Manchester, on top of your agenda tomorrow (15th May) should be the 1st Roundtable on Practices and Standards in Forensic Authorship Analysis. Here’s what we know about it. “The event, supported by the International Association of Forensic Linguists (https://www.iafl.org/) and hosted by the Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Manchester (https://www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/), […]
May 12, 2019 by manling
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Please enjoy these photos from today’s LEL hike, featuring moors, stunning Northern scenery, adventure-clad colleagues, and well-deserved pints of ale. All photos courtesy of Julio.
May 7, 2019 by manling
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Yes, you read talkS right. We have not one, not two, but three linguistics talks happening today, so here’s hoping you’ve kept your schedule clear, although simple bilocation would do too. Marije and Henri will be presenting at the Digital Humanities Work-in-Progress Afternoon. Marije’s talk will take place 2.30 – 3, and she will speak […]
May 6, 2019 by manling
Comments Off on Another roaring success for mFiL
The past week saw another edition of the Manchester Forum in Linguistics, and yet again, it was a hugely successful event. The first mFiL was organised in Manchester in 2012, and it set a new tradition of inviting early career academics as plenary speakers. This has continued over the years, giving students and ECRs in […]
April 29, 2019 by manling
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We are back this week with the LEL seminar series. This coming Tuesday (30th, April), the talk will be by our very own Vera Hohaus, who will speak on ‘Samoan comparison constructions, past and present’ An abstract is below. The seminar will take place in A215 in Samuel Alexander. As usual there will be drinks […]
April 1, 2019 by manling
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This week’s LEL seminar will be given by Katherine Twomey from the Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing of the University of Manchester. She will speak on: ‘Beyond words: Nonlinguistic and robotic perspectives on early language acquisition’ An abstract is below. The seminar will take place in A113 in Samuel Alexander, on Tuesday 2nd […]
May 26, 2019 by manling
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