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Language and Linguistics Research Seminar, Edge Hill University, 12 Feb 2015

Posted on February 7, 2015 by

the Inaugural Lecture of the Language and Linguistics Research Seminar Series will take place on Thursday 12 February 2015, at B004 in the Business School at 6pm. The speaker will be Professor Raymond Hickey (University of Duisburg Essen), talking about … Continue reading →

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Langwidge Sandwidge Spring 2015

Posted on February 4, 2015 by

Week 2 — 3 February 2015 Ellen Wilkinson A 3.6 Olga Gordeeva, Acapela Group and Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh) Week 4 – 17 February 2015 Ellen Wilkinson A 3.6 Svenja Kranich, University of Mainz Week 6 – 3 March 2015 Room TBC … Continue reading →

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Abstract for the coming Tuesday’s LEL seminar talk by Silke Hamann

Posted on February 4, 2015 by

Loanword adaptation via perception and orthography: modelling Cantonese and Italian In this talk, I will first discuss the adaptation of English onset clusters into Hong Kong Cantonese and how the diachronic change in the perceptual adaptation strategies can account for … Continue reading →

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Talk on language development in internationally-adopted children [24th February, 12-13:30]

Posted on January 29, 2015 by

Language development in internationally-adopted children: A special case of very early second language learning Prof Fred Genesee (McGill University) Tuesday 24th February, 12.00-13.30 Room 4.205 University Place, University of Manchester ALL WELCOME Abstract Internationally-adopted children are a special case of … Continue reading →

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Our very own George Walkden discussing whether grammar still matters on BBC Radio 5!!

Posted on January 29, 2015 by

George was featured in the program “Afternoon Edition” on BBC Radio 5 today, discussing the question “Should we be a little more chilled-out about grammar?” Click on the link below to listen to the program. George’s part starts at 02:16:32 … Continue reading →

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“Learning through Research in Linguistics and English Language”

Posted on January 28, 2015 by

LEL is featured in the latest issue of ArtsResearch (Page 9)!.

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LEL Semester 2 Week 1 Events

Posted on January 26, 2015 by

1. 27th Janurary, 4:15PM: LEL research seminar with Kasia Jaszczolt (Cambridge): “Default Semantics and Pragmatic Compositionality”. Sam Alex A116. 2. 28th January, 2:00PM: Phon-phon reading group with Ricardo Bermudez-Otero: “Nasal coarticulation changes over time in Philadelphia English” by Zellou & Tamminga. Phonetics … Continue reading →

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