News 2022

Project: Identifying the role of sensorimotor feedback as a mechanism for language learning in the first three years of life
Posted on Tuesday 29 November 2022
ERC Starting Grant awarded for a new 5-year long research project in linguistics

Languages for All - There’s something new!
Posted on Thursday 3 November 2022
Short courses offered in the Spring Term (January to March) 2023

Linguistics Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (LAGB) 2022
Posted on Tuesday 25 October 2022
LLS researchers at the Annual Meeting of the LAGB

Project: Modelling bottom-up and top-down linguistic knowledge across different contexts of bilingual development
Posted on Thursday 13 October 2022
Major new research collaboration investigating different contexts of bilingual development

New Department Community Coordinator
Posted on Tuesday 27 September 2022
UG student appointed as new LLS DCC to help to foster a learning community and promote exciting opportunities and events

Three Language and Linguistic Science subjects placed Top Ten in the UK by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023
Posted on Tuesday 20 September 2022
York’s department of Language and Linguistic Science placed in the UK top ten for three subjects, according to the latest release of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide (2023).

Project: “Generations of London English: Language and Social Change in Real Time”
Posted on Wednesday 14 September 2022
Major new research collaboration on London English

Autumn Term Departmental Colloquium Series
Posted on Wednesday 14 September 2022
Our Colloquium Series in linguistics is back!

Languages For All information talks
Posted on Monday 5 September 2022
Join us at the information talks and receive key information on the language modules, teaching methods and resources

Article: North holding its own against spread of southern English dialects, study finds
Posted on Monday 5 September 2022
Researcher at York featured in The Guardian

Languages for All - There’s something new!
Posted on Thursday 1 September 2022
Specific Purposes Short courses offered in 2022-2023
The Book of Refugees: a multilingual record of memories, dreams and aspirations of refugees in the UK
Posted on Monday 15 August 2022
All refugees in the UK are invited to contribute.
Professor Monika S. Schmid elected a Fellow of the British Academy
Posted on Monday 15 August 2022
The Head of Department of Language and Linguistic Science, Professor Monika S. Schmid, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

New publication: Phonetic radical awareness and application in English-speaking learners’ L2 Chinese
Posted on Thursday 11 August 2022
New published article in the field of Chinese as a second language and phonetic radical awareness

Project: A new intervention using the BabblePlay app for populations at risk for language delay
Posted on Thursday 11 August 2022
Cross departmental research project in York to support better language outcomes for babies from low socioeconomic families and with Down Syndrome
Staff and students’ recent achievements
Posted on Thursday 11 August 2022
A stream of new fellowships and bursaries awarded to our researchers and students

National Student Survey 2022
Posted on Friday 8 July 2022
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest Language and Linguistics students in the UK.
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MOOC 2022 - An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity
Posted on Monday 27 June 2022
Launching the fourth edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics

YUSU Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award 2022
Posted on Monday 27 June 2022
We are delighted to announce that Victoria Noble (Dept. Language and Linguistic Science) has won the YUSU Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year in this year’s YUSU Excellence Awards 2022.

Article: ‘Learning a new language as an adult’
Posted on Monday 27 June 2022
Prof. Monika Schmid (Head of Department of Language and Linguistic Science) has recently been interviewed by Dominique Russell from Wellbeing by Teacher for ‘Learning a new language as an adult’.
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Language and Linguistic Science at York is #1 in Research Excellence Framework
Posted on Monday 20 June 2022
The research conducted in our department is the best in the country according to the official ranking of the latest REF results

YUSU Teaching Awards 2022
Posted on Monday 20 June 2022
Another success for the department at this year’s YUSU awards

Top ten rankings for French and German at York by the Complete University Guide
Posted on Wednesday 15 June 2022
French and German at York are ranked as top 10 subjects by the Complete University Guide.

New Ukrainian language course delivered by Languages for All
Posted on Monday 6 June 2022
Launch of LFA Ukrainian for Everyday Communication language course to help families and children affected by the war in Ukraine
LLS Graduation Ceremony 2022
Posted on Wednesday 25 May 2022
In-person graduation ceremony for the classes of 2020–2022 and VC teaching award
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Language and Linguistic Science at York #1 in Research Excellence Framework
Posted on Friday 13 May 2022
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QS World Rankings by subject 2022
Posted on Wednesday 6 April 2022
Department of Language and Linguistic Science maintains its place in the UK top 10.

Projects: “Babble development and caregiver speech in English and Ugandan babies” and "To and Fro Approach"
Posted on Monday 4 April 2022
Cross departmental research projects in York have been awarded a British Academy and a University of York’s internal impact funding grants

Article: How to learn a foreign language as an adult
Posted on Tuesday 29 March 2022
Researchers at York featured in The Times

Alumni Event 2022
Posted on Tuesday 22 March 2022
Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2022
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Person-specific Automatic Speaker Recognition: understanding the behaviour of individual speakers for applications of ASR
Posted on Monday 21 March 2022
A new linguistic project on automatic speaker recognition has been awarded a major ESRC grant

New publication: The developmental origins of phonological memory
Posted on Thursday 24 February 2022
New published work in the field of language acquisition

New publication: Urban Contact Dialects and Language Change
Posted on Thursday 17 February 2022
A systematic comparative treatment of urban contact dialects in the Global North and South, examining the emergence and development of these dialects in major cities in Sub-Saharan Africa and North-Western Europe
New Head of Department
Posted on Monday 24 January 2022
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is delighted to welcome Professor Monika S. Schmid as our new Head of Department.

Special recognition of York’s CPD course in Forensic Speech and Audio Analysis
Posted on Tuesday 18 January 2022
L&LS’s CPD course in Forensic Speech and Audio Analysis singled out for special mention in BA report on knowledge exchange

Video: ‘The hidden background noise that can catch criminals’
Posted on Monday 17 January 2022
Amelia Gully shows L&LS graduate Tom Scott how audio and video recordings may contain concealed patterns revealing when and where they were made