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2022

Thursday 1 December 2022 5.00pm

On Thursday 1st December 2022, Sali Tagliamonte (University of Toronto) will be presenting on "An emerging change in spoken English (with evidence from York 1997-2018)".

Thursday 24 November 2022 6.00pm

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker.

Wednesday 23 November 2022 5.00pm

On Wednesday 23rd November 2022, Carlos Cervantes Azcona will be presenting ‘Cómo inicié mi negocio de importación con China (y cómo aprendí de nuestras diferencias culturales)’ his experience in setting up his import business with China.

Wednesday 23 November 2022 3.00pm

On Wednesday 23 November 2022, Paul Kerswill (University of York) will be presenting on "language shift, dialect formation and Black culture in London".

Wednesday 16 November 2022 3.00pm

On Wednesday 16th November 2022, Oliver Niebuhr (University of Southern Denmark) will be presenting on "Cross-linguistic perceptual differences between written and spoken hate speech".

Wednesday 9 November 2022 3.00pm

On Wednesday 9th November 2022, Derek Denis (University of Toronto) will be presenting on "variation, change and ideologies in multicultural Toronto English".

Tuesday 8 November 2022 6.00pm

On Tuesday 8th November 2022, the Department of Language and Linguistic Science will host an employability workshop with Teach First.

Thursday 27 October 2022 6.00pm

This month,Tertulia has the honour of having Carolina Baltan Salazar talking about the Truth Commission in Colombia. She will be having an informal conversation about the peace accord signed in Colombia in 2016 between the Colombian Government and FARC, the creation of the Truth Commission and the construction of a historical memory in Colombia.

Wednesday 26 October 2022 5.00pm

On Wednesday 26th October 2022, the Department will screen the British/Colombian 10-minute British Film Institute (BFI)-selected short film, SANTI, followed by a discussion with its Writer/Director Harry Richards.

Wednesday 26 October 2022 1.00pm

Are you interested in a Placement Year? Would you like to find out more about what it might be like? Come along to our friendly question and answer session on Wednesday October 26th 2022, 1-2pm in the Bowland Auditorium (Berrick Saul Building).

Wednesday 19 October 2022 3.00pm

On Wednesday 12th October 2022, Giuseppe Longobardi (York) will be presenting on "Phylogenetic syntax and long-range comparison".

Wednesday 12 October 2022 3.00pm

On Wednesday 12th October 2022, Andrea Nini (Manchester) will be presenting on "A theory of linguistic individuality for forensic linguistics".

Friday 9 September 2022 10.00am

The seventh edition of the LSPHE (Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education) conference will be hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York.

Wednesday 7 September 2022 9.00am

The 2022 edition of the AMLaP (Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing) conference is being hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York. The event will take place between 7-9th Sept 2022.

Thursday 30 June 2022 6.00pm

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker.

Tuesday 28 June 2022 1.00pm

On Tuesday, 28 June 2022 Karen Risager (Roskilde University, Denmark) will lead an interactive workshop on “What linguacultures are we teaching? Linguaculture, transnationality and power.”

Monday 27 June 2022 9.00am

The 2022 edition of the ACTL (Advanced Core Training in Linguistics) Summer School is being hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York.

Saturday 25 June 2022 10.00am

This seminar is the third and final part of the project/event series titled ‘Reflection of self in dialogue’ for Japanese teachers developed and organised by LFA Japanese coordinators, Megumi Bailey and Yumi Nixon (Dept. Language and Linguistic Science) and Nayuta Brand (Japanese freelance teacher in Switzerland).

Tuesday 14 June 2022 9.00am

On 14-16th June 2022, the Department of Language and Linguistic Science will be hosting the Building Linguistic Systems Conference to celebrate the retirement of Prof. Marilyn Vihman

Tuesday 24 May 2022 1.00pm

On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 Donata Puntil (King’s College, London) will lead an interactive workshop on “Embodied Interculturality in the Language Classroom.”

Wednesday 18 May 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 18th May 2022, Klaus Abels (UCL) will be presenting on "vehicle change and ellipsis identity".

Wednesday 11 May 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 11th May 2022, Justin Lo (UCL) will be presenting on "individual-level performance in forensic voice comparison".

Wednesday 4 May 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 4th May 2022, James Burridge (University of Portsmouth) will be presenting work that brings together statistical physics with linguistics.

Thursday 28 April 2022 6.00pm

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science.

Wednesday 27 April 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 27th April 2022, Maria-Araxi Sachpazian and Vicky Papachristou (CITY College, University of York Europe Campus) will be presenting their joint work on EFL teacher identities in Greece.

Wednesday 20 April 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 20th April 2022, James Grama, Isabelle Buchstaller, Mirjam E. Eiswirth and Lea Bauernfeind (University of Duisburg-Essen) will be presenting on "A model of linguistic malleability across the lifespan", looking at the realisation of FACE and GOAT in panel data.

Wednesday 13 April 2022 6.30pm

On Wednesday 13 April 2022, Lisa Baissade (professional storyteller since 1998) will be presenting on “Les contes, ça compte !”.

Saturday 26 March 2022 10.00am

This seminar is part of the project/event series titled ‘Reflection of self in dialogue’ for Japanese teachers developed and organised by LFA Japanese Team’s coordinators Megumi Bailey and Yumi Nixon (Dept. Language and Linguistic Science) and Nayuta Brand (Japanese Freelance teacher in Switzerland). The project has been awarded a grant from The Japan Foundation, London.

Thursday 24 March 2022 6.00pm

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker.

Wednesday 16 March 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 16th March 2022, Katie Slocombe (Department of Psychology, University of York) will be presenting on infant-directed speech produced by mothers in the UK and Uganda.

Thursday 10 March 2022 6.00pm

On Thursday 10 March 2022 the Department of Language and Linguistic Science will host its annual Alumni Event ‘What can you do with a degree in Language and Linguistics?’

Wednesday 9 March 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 9th March 2022, Ben Gibb-Reid (University of York) and Mohammad Bani Younes (Al Al-Bayt University, Jordan) will each present a talk on their current research.

Wednesday 2 March 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 2nd March 2022, Dr Enrique López Ramírez (PhD in Education, Universidad de Guadalajara and current Engagement Coordinator at the Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research of the Technological Institute of Oaxaca, Mexico) will be presenting “La sociedad adicta: Factores de riesgo y de protección para la conducta adictiva”.

Wednesday 23 February 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 23rd February 2022, Chiara Gambi (Cardiff University) will be presenting on the role of prediction and prediction errors in children’s language processing and acquisition.

Wednesday 9 February 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 9th February 2022, Monika Schmid (University of York) will be presenting on language attrition, and whether this is a myth, an affectation or a fact.

Wednesday 2 February 2022 4.00pm

On Wednesday 2nd February 2022, Asli Özyürek (Radboud University/Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior) will be presenting on "A multimodal turn in language sciences".

Thursday 27 January 2022 6.00pm

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker.