Language and Linguistic Science

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A dynamic and innovative department, our expertise spans the arts and sciences. We offer an exciting range of courses combining modern foreign languages, English language, and linguistics.

Linguistics has the second highest proportion of 'world-leading' research in the UK (REF 2014); and UK Top 10 for French and Italian (Complete University Guide 2018).

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Undergraduate

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Languages for All courses

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News

Galamsey in Ghana

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Paul Kerswill has been awarded a grant for a multidisciplinary project on gold mining in Ghana.

Grattis Julia!

Friday 7 December 2018

Julia Forsberg has successfully defended her PhD at the University of Gothenburg.

The Stephen Lawrence Case: Legacy and Lessons Learned

Friday 2 November 2018

The Forensic Team in the Department is host to a lecture by Imran Khan QC entitled The Stephen Lawrence Case: Legacy and Lessons Learned. This is an open event and will take place on 27th November 2018.

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Postgraduate

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CPD courses

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Events

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Feb

Normativity and the discourse of ‘normal’ in an LGBT youth group

York LGBT History Month: Special lecture (Spring Week 8) - Lucy Jones, University of Nottingham

Wed

Feb

Studying low-frequency grammatical variables on Twitter: Methods, findings, and problems

Departmental Colloquium (Spring Week 8) - Chris Strelluf, University of Warwick

Wed

Mar

The Dialogic Co-construction of Sexual Abuse: The role of the adult interlocutor in facilitating children and young people’s disclosures

‌‌Departmental Colloquium (Spring Week 9) - Samuel Larner, Manchester Metropolitan University

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Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

The University holds a Gold Teaching Excellence Framework award, showing that we deliver consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for our students.