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Friday 12 April 2024
Linguistics at York placed =81st in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2024).
Wednesday 21 February 2024
We have more wonderful news to share from our vibrant PGR community at the department of Language and Linguistic Science.
Thursday 15 February 2024
Our Director of Professional Language Learning, Dr. Eloísa Monteoliva García, made a presentation last February 8th as part of the LeCTIS Seminar Series organised by the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Leicester. The talk was titled: “Stand-by Interpreting in Police Interviews: Negotiating Role(s) and Participation”.
Monday 22 January 2024
The Forensic Speech Science (FSS) group within the Department of Language and Linguistic Science has been awarded £323,596 to build strands of commercial engagement, as part of the University’s Building Industrial Engagement and Impact initiative.
Friday 5 January 2024
Prof. Tamar Keren-Portnoy spoke to hundreds of English Language A-level students in a day-long conference
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Our community of PhD students is very active and vibrant, and their research findings have reached far and wide this semester!. These are some of the latest academic presentations by the department’s doctoral researchers since September 2023.
Thursday 30 November 2023
Doctoral researcher Vicki Noble joined York graduate Danny Bate’s podcast A Language I love is… and discussed some of the unique features of Welsh.
Monday 6 November 2023
Dr Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff, Associate Lecturer in our department, has recently taken part in the Warwick Seminar Series presenting research on Multimodal Discourse Analysis.
Thursday 2 November 2023
New poll reveals overwhelming UK public support for compulsory language learning in schools. Professor Monika Schmid, Head of Department of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science discusses the benefits of learning foreign languages at school – and even earlier.
Thursday 28 September 2023
September 26th is the European Day of Languages, celebrating the diversity of languages in Europe.
Thursday 28 September 2023
York staff, students and associates have had a busy Summer of research. They have made significant paper and poster contributions during two key conferences in the areas of Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody: IAFPA and ICPhS.
Tuesday 19 September 2023
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science has placed 3rd for French, joint 3rd for linguistics and joint 5th in the UK for Iberian Languages in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities we provide to our students.
Thursday 14 September 2023
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science had a very strong presence at this year's conference of the Linguistic Association of Great Britain in Cambridge earlier this month, with a range of paper presentations.
Wednesday 6 September 2023
New published work in the field of Language for Specific Purposes
Tuesday 15 August 2023
The results of a nationwide survey have revealed that the Department of Language and Linguistic Science is home to some of the happiest English language, linguistics and Italian studies students in the UK.
Friday 14 July 2023
York staff/students at the sociolinguistics conference
Friday 30 June 2023
Launching the fourth edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics
Wednesday 14 June 2023
Cultural event to promote Japanese culture at the University of York
Thursday 8 June 2023
Department of Language and Linguistic Science subjects at York ranked in the UK Top 10 according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).
Friday 2 June 2023
On Friday 28 April 2023 the Department of Language and Linguistic Science hosted its annual Alumni Event ‘What can you do with a degree in Language and Linguistics?’ to showcase to current students the range of different career paths open to language and linguistics graduates.
Friday 19 May 2023
Linguistics talk at the York Festival of Ideas 2023
Friday 12 May 2023
On Friday 28 April 2023 the Department of Language and Linguistic Science hosted its annual Alumni Event ‘What can you do with a degree in Language and Linguistics?’ to showcase to current students the range of different career paths open to language and linguistics graduates.
Thursday 23 March 2023
Linguistics at York placed 10th in the UK and in the top 100 in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2023).
Friday 17 February 2023
The South-East European Research Centre at CITY College (Thessaloniki, Greece) is advertising several PhD positions. These research projects will be co-supervised by academics from Language and Linguistic Science and the Humanities Department at CITY College.
Friday 17 February 2023
Short courses offered in the Summer Term (May to June) 2023
Friday 13 January 2023
PASR project welcomes Poppy Welch
Tuesday 29 November 2022
ERC Starting Grant awarded for a new 5-year long research project in linguistics
Thursday 3 November 2022
Short courses offered in the Spring Term (January to March) 2023
Tuesday 25 October 2022
LLS researchers at the Annual Meeting of the LAGB
Thursday 13 October 2022
Major new research collaboration investigating different contexts of bilingual development
Tuesday 27 September 2022
UG student appointed as new LLS DCC to help to foster a learning community and promote exciting opportunities and events
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).
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Major new research collaboration on London English
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Our Colloquium Series in linguistics is back!
Monday 5 September 2022
Join us at the information talks and receive key information on the language modules, teaching methods and resources
Monday 5 September 2022
Researcher at York featured in The Guardian
Thursday 1 September 2022
Specific Purposes Short courses offered in 2022-2023
Monday 15 August 2022
All refugees in the UK are invited to contribute.
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.
Thursday 11 August 2022
New published article in the field of Chinese as a second language and phonetic radical awareness
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
Thursday 11 August 2022
A stream of new fellowships and bursaries awarded to our researchers and students
Friday 8 July 2022
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest Language and Linguistics students in the UK.
Monday 27 June 2022
Launching the fourth edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics
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.
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’.
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
Monday 20 June 2022
Another success for the department at this year’s YUSU awards
Wednesday 15 June 2022
French and German at York are ranked as top 10 subjects by the Complete University Guide.
Monday 6 June 2022
Launch of LFA Ukrainian for Everyday Communication language course to help families and children affected by the war in Ukraine
Wednesday 25 May 2022
In-person graduation ceremony for the classes of 2020–2022 and VC teaching award
Friday 13 May 2022
#REF2021 #REFResults
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Department of Language and Linguistic Science maintains its place in the UK top 10.
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
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Researchers at York featured in The Times
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2022
Monday 21 March 2022
A new linguistic project on automatic speaker recognition has been awarded a major ESRC grant
Thursday 24 February 2022
New published work in the field of language acquisition
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
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.
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
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
Thursday 25 November 2021
A resounding success for a talk in linguistics delivered to English Language A-level students
Thursday 18 November 2021
Poetry reading on Arabic culture and language
Thursday 18 November 2021
New Japanese language education project with international invited speakers
Thursday 11 November 2021
UG student appointed as new LLS DDC to help to foster a learning community and promote exciting opportunities and events
Friday 29 October 2021
Our popular social events in Spanish Language are back on campus!
Friday 15 October 2021
Drop-in session for staff and students to discuss statistical/data elements of their research
Monday 27 September 2021
Our Colloquium Series in linguistics is back!
Friday 17 September 2021
Researcher in York provides linguistic expertise for documentary about kidnap/murder case
Tuesday 3 August 2021
New podcast focusing on the history of medieval English
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Interactive online event in Spanish language on how to pursue a career on international development projects in Latin America
Thursday 8 July 2021
LLS PG student’s paper awarded with a prestigious international prize
Thursday 8 July 2021
A new blog for LLS students to share their experiences and useful tips in preparation for the Year Abroad
Tuesday 6 July 2021
Cross departmental research project in York has been awarded an AHRC grant
Friday 25 June 2021
Workshop in Japanese language education in collaboration with the OJAE research and development team
Friday 25 June 2021
Department of Language and Linguistic Science moves into the UK top 10.
Friday 25 June 2021
Another success for the department at this year’s YUSU awards
Wednesday 23 June 2021
Triple success for the LLS department at this year’s awards for excellence in teaching
Tuesday 22 June 2021
New published article in the field of syntactic history of language
Friday 18 June 2021
LLS student wins a second award for her volunteering role in the local community
Thursday 17 June 2021
Launching the third edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics
Monday 7 June 2021
York Festival of Ideas webinar on intonation patterns and regional accents
Friday 28 May 2021
Online webinar on the synthesis of a vowel sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice’ organised by the LLS Forensic group
Thursday 27 May 2021
Once again LLS undergraduates secure a prestigious Laidlaw Scholarship
Wednesday 26 May 2021
The wonderful world of an ancient Japanese art form at York Festival of Ideas 2021
Monday 17 May 2021
Dr Claire Childs awarded an AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship
Wednesday 12 May 2021
LLS Research Fellow participating in a round table discussion on increasing coverage on first language acquisition research.
Wednesday 12 May 2021
Research project in York has been awarded a Leverhulme International Fellowship
Monday 10 May 2021
The University of York is celebrating the award of Athena Swan bronze awards for the first time to the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, the York Law School and York Management School.
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2021
Thursday 22 April 2021
Prof. Dunstan Brown will be a keynote speaker at The 5th American International Morphology Meeting
Friday 26 March 2021
Student building LLS departmental community: the new role launched by UoY
Monday 8 March 2021
Linguistics at York maintains its place in the world top 100 and UK top 10, while Modern Languages is in the UK top 20.
Monday 8 March 2021
New published article in the field of grammar/gene relations
Friday 5 March 2021
Linguists explore the claim made in 2010 that Cockney would disappear within 30 years
Thursday 18 February 2021
New published article in the field of syntactic history of languages
Thursday 11 February 2021
Storytelling on German folklore to inspire a new generation of language learners
Friday 15 January 2021
New Japanese language education project in collaboration with the OJAE research and development team
Thursday 14 January 2021
LFA Tutor plays a role in expanding access to refugee and asylum seekers in the local community
Wednesday 6 January 2021
The department’s regular series of research talks returned towards the end of term with three invited speakers
Wednesday 9 December 2020
Language and Linguistic Science alumni speak to current students about careers in Speech and Language Therapy
Wednesday 9 December 2020
Another double success for the department at this year’s awards for excellence in teaching
Wednesday 9 December 2020
New published article in the York Scholarship of Teaching and Learning journal
Friday 4 December 2020
A much-respected and well-loved colleague and friend
Friday 27 November 2020
Over 3,500 active learners to date on free online course
Thursday 5 November 2020
Prof. Kerswill speaking at major Chinese Sociolinguistics conference
Friday 18 September 2020
Department of Language and Linguistic Science at York in the top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for Iberian Languages
Friday 18 September 2020
Newly awarded PhD on a sociophonetic study on "gay voice" for women
Friday 11 September 2020
First phase of a cross-continental research project
Monday 27 July 2020
LLS host a new CPD webinar for English Language A-Level teachers
Wednesday 15 July 2020
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest French language students in the UK.
Thursday 9 July 2020
Linguistic research on the effects of wearing a facemask on verbal communication
Tuesday 30 June 2020
Free online four-week course
Monday 15 June 2020
LLS Postgraduate students place second and third at this year’s competition finals
Friday 12 June 2020
University of York students win prestigious awards for their volunteering role in the local community
Tuesday 9 June 2020
Two LLS PhD students to represent the field of linguistics in the competition finals
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Prof. Marilyn Vihman will take part in a live broadcast organised by the Brazilian Linguistic Association, together with the LSA and other linguistic societies.
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Social events in Spanish Language bring together students and members of the local community.
Tuesday 5 May 2020
A new study investigating changes in English negation over time
Friday 1 May 2020
Three first-year LLS undergraduates secure a prestigious Laidlaw Scholarship.
Thursday 23 April 2020
A new study into the delivery of psychological therapies by telephone within the NHS’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Interactional Linguistics from different countries meeting at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science
Tuesday 10 March 2020
York and Ghana researchers meet to start theatre project
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Prof. Paul Drew (University of York) illustrates the impact of research in conversation analysis
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Language and Linguistic Science alumni back in York to participate in The LLS Alumni Event 2020
Thursday 5 March 2020
Department of Language and Linguistic Science maintains its place in the world top 100 and UK top 10.
Friday 31 January 2020
Prof. Dunstan Brown will be part of an international research project with institutions from the UK, Czech Republic and Croatia.
Tuesday 28 January 2020
Joint research project between York and the University of Ghana
Thursday 12 September 2019
Cinzia Bacilieri and Marina Cantarutti recognised for excellent teaching
Wednesday 11 September 2019
The 6th annual Postgraduate Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York Conference was a huge success.
Tuesday 20 August 2019
Watch the video of Professor Peter Sells's oration and Professor Ron Kaplan’s response at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science’s graduation ceremony.
Friday 5 July 2019
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest French, Italian, Spanish and Linguistics students in the UK.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Department of Language and Linguistic Science moves into the world top 100 and UK top 10.
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Paul Kerswill has been awarded a grant for a multidisciplinary project on gold mining in Ghana.
Friday 7 December 2018
Julia Forsberg has successfully defended her PhD at the University of Gothenburg.
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.
Friday 29 June 2018
Language and Linguistics 3rd year PhD researcher has been awarded HRC Doctoral Fellowship.
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Vincent Hughes and Professor Peter French discuss the challenges of using technology in criminal conviction cases in a new podcast.
Friday 11 May 2018
Holly Shorey, a first-year Linguistics student, has secured one of the prestigious Laidlaw scholarships
Friday 20 April 2018
Major figure in Conversation Analysis joins Department staff
Thursday 5 April 2018
Passive researchers get active in York, London, and Berlin
Thursday 5 April 2018
Peter Sells awarded Leverhulme Trust grant for study of verb and verb phrase topicalisation
Thursday 5 April 2018
Géraldine Enjelvin has recently written another article for The Conversation.com
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Second edition of popular English Language textbook out
Friday 9 February 2018
Handbook of Dialectology the latest in Wiley-Blackwell's 'Handbooks of Linguistics' series
Friday 9 February 2018
Géraldine Enjelvin has recently written an article for The Conversation.com
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Members of the PoTS research group invited to speak at Zurich workshop.
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Paul Kerswill elected a Fellow of the British Academy
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Two awards in recognition of the quality of our teaching
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Three minute thesis success for Katherina Walper Gomez
Thursday 15 June 2017
Public lecture on the tricks of the forensic phonetician's trade
Wednesday 7 June 2017
We're pleased to announce that Márton Sóskuthy is to receive a 2017 Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
New book, co-edited by Carmen Álvarez-Mayo, is available online
Monday 20 February 2017
Knowing about Language in final four for UK Literacy Association prize
Monday 31 October 2016
LingSoc co-hosts language and discrimination event
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Times GUG rankings place L&LS in top 20 nationally
Tuesday 27 September 2016
Talk at NTU workshop on forensic language analysis
Sunday 25 September 2016
Strong teaching and satisfaction scores in the 2016 National Student Survey place York 1st in the Russell Group for Linguistics and English Language degrees.
Tuesday 13 September 2016
York hosts 2016 Linguistics Association of Great Britain conference
Tuesday 6 September 2016
York's fourth annual postgraduate linguistics conference the biggest yet
Thursday 1 September 2016
Subordinate Clauses rise to the top of the tree
Tuesday 2 August 2016
IAFPA celebrates a quarter-century by returning to its roots
Monday 1 August 2016
'Voiceprints' to replace passwords and signatures
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Gowns galore on our finalists' big day
Wednesday 13 July 2016
High Commendations for Hughes and Light
Thursday 2 June 2016
Oxford don dissects the discourse of 2015 election debates
Friday 13 May 2016
York prof talks through the principles of forensic speech and audio analysis
Wednesday 4 May 2016
Keynote talk on York's new ESRC project at 2016 NELLi event
Wednesday 4 May 2016
Fundraiser for toilet twinning project reaps sweet rewards
Monday 25 April 2016
Higher degrees awarded to two former MSc in Forensic Speech Science students
Tuesday 12 April 2016
Prize for PhD student's poster on spoken threats
Monday 14 March 2016
Taught by experienced departmental staff in conjunction with speech and audio experts from the UK's longest established and leading independent forensic speech and audio firm, the courses will provide training opportunities to existing practitioners, forensic scientists, police, government security and other investigative agency technical and scientific staff.
Friday 11 March 2016
'Founding father' of York's Department of Language and Linguistic Science dies, aged 85
Thursday 4 February 2016
"Putting Fieldwork on Indigenous Languages to New Uses" is a São Paulo School on Advanced Sciences, supported by the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), and will be held from 21 March to 6 April, at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
Friday 15 January 2016
University of York and York St John University team up to host international student linguistics conference.
Tuesday 22 December 2015
York guest speaker Andrew Jack given on-screen role in JJ Abrams blockbuster
Monday 21 December 2015
Two members of Department staff are co-supervising PhD students at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Friday 4 December 2015
York Papers in Linguistics (YPL) launches a Short Report section.
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Congratulations to Géraldine Enjelvin, whose abstract has been accepted for the annual conference of the Society for French Studies!
Friday 25 September 2015
York's French degrees put in formidable performance
Tuesday 22 September 2015
Language and Linguistic Science staff and students present at major international conference
Thursday 17 September 2015
The Department hosted two international linguistics conferences in September.
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Congratulations to Georgina Brown, who won the prize for best student paper at the 2015 IAFPA conference in Leiden!
Monday 20 July 2015
Prof Peter French featured on the BBC World Service programme "The Power of the Human Voice"
Friday 3 July 2015
York hosted a White Rose DTC workshop on mixed-effects modelling on the 1st and 2nd of July.
Friday 12 June 2015
Staff and students celebrate and reflect on teaching practice
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Our department hosted 5 students visiting from Zhejiang University, shown here concluding their tour of our Babylab.
Thursday 18 December 2014
York maintains its place in the top tier of UK linguistics departments, ranking 2nd in the country on the proportion of research given the highest ranking: world-leading.
Wednesday 17 December 2014
Final-year French students organised a festive Fête du Français at Acomb Primary School to promote language learning in primary schools.
Tuesday 25 November 2014
Alejandro Estivill, Deputy Head of Mission at the Mexican Embassy to the United Kingdom, visited the University of York on 14 November for an event hosted by our department with the aim of promoting cultural activities particularly for students studying languages.
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Ann Taylor wrote the chapter on Old English Syntax in the new book co-authored with Don Ringe (U. Pennsylvania) "The Development of Old English"
Thursday 16 October 2014
A new book "Language, Borders and Identity" edited by Dominic Watt and Carmen Llamas has just been published
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Staff and students were busy over the summer organising and presenting at conferences
Thursday 14 August 2014
The recent QS rankings place Modern Languages at York in the World Top 50.
Friday 18 July 2014
Our PhD student Elaine Lopez has been awarded an HRC Doctoral Fellowship and won second prize in the project presentation competition.
Saturday 14 June 2014
Two staff awards and one departmental award in 2014 ceremony
Tuesday 22 April 2014
York partners with secondary schools to promote interest in language and culture
Thursday 6 March 2014
Richard Ogden informed and entertained a full house at Café Scientifique
Friday 7 February 2014
The department has welcomed 6 visiting students from Zhejiang University this term.
Sunday 12 January 2014
Our department was well represented at York Talks on 8 January 2014, with two professors, Dunstan Brown and Pino Longobardi, presenting their research in the main showcase event. Two of our PhD students, Catherine Laing and Becky Woods, presented in the final of the university-wide postgraduate research student poster competition.
Wednesday 6 November 2013
The inaugural PARLAY (Postgraduate Academic Researchers in Linguistics At York) conference was a great success!
Friday 12 July 2013
Congratulations to our graduates of summer 2013!
Friday 12 July 2013
Language and linguistics staff forge closer ties with schools and colleges through presentations of research and key concepts.
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Cathy Dantec recognized for Outstanding Achievement
Thursday 4 April 2013
The department is delighted to announce the inaugural PARLAY Conference.
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Find out about all the activities of our Phonological Development research group.
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Two IAFPA research grants have been awarded to members of our department
Monday 12 November 2012
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is delighted to confirm the creation of the DINESH VASWANI SCHOLARSHIP.
Tuesday 6 November 2012
A multimedia exhibition at the Ron Cooke Hub explores the relationship between regional accents and identities in four Border communities
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Professor Jen Hay visits York on Leverhulme Professorship
Thursday 27 September 2012
Satisfaction ratings rise in the 2012 National Student Survey
Tuesday 11 September 2012
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science will be part of a competition for three fully-funded places for postgraduate research commencing in autumn 2013.
Monday 10 September 2012
Launch of a new website for the Firthian Phonology Archive
Thursday 16 August 2012
Find out about all the activities of our Forensic Speech Science group.
Sunday 12 August 2012
Our department now ranks in the national top 5 for Linguistics in two independent evaluations.
Sunday 1 July 2012
Carmen Llamas has been promoted to Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics.
Monday 18 June 2012
Linguistics student James Britton will spend his second year studying at The University of Hong Kong.
Tuesday 10 April 2012
We are very pleased to announce that 3 new staff will be joining us after the summer!
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Former students share careers advice with current students.
Friday 20 January 2012
Visit Days for prospective students during Spring term!
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Professor Paul Kerswill has joined our staff, moving here from Lancaster University. He is almost as excited about this as we are.
Friday 24 June 2011
The Department was delighted to host four visits by sixth form students of English Language this week, with over 70 students coming to campus. But these were not just random visits – in every case there was a personal link with a past or present student of our Department.
Friday 27 May 2011
Marta Szreder has been awarded Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Awards this year. The scheme recognises and rewards colleagues (academics, learning support staff, teaching 'teams' and postgraduates/postdocs who teach) who demonstrate excellence in teaching and/or learning support at York.
Monday 16 May 2011
The BBfor2 Summer School in Forensic Speech Analysis will take place at the University of York, UK, June 13-16, 2011, followed by a BBfor2 Network meeting, June 17.
Wednesday 11 May 2011
The International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC) 2011 will take place at the University of York, England, June 16-17, preceded by a one-day workshop on cross-linguistic studies of phonetic and/or phonological development, June 15.
Friday 8 April 2011
The latest edition of YPL series 2, issue 11 (March 2011), is now out!
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Our Postgraduate Open Day will be held on Wednesday 8th December. Come and meet staff and students and find out more about our programmes.
Tuesday 16 November 2010
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is pleased to be able to offer three new postgraduate scholarships to commence in 2011-2012. In addition, there are three types of scholarship available in 2011 for overseas students.
Monday 23 August 2010
York Linguistics ranked fifth in the UK, with 92% of final-year students expressing overall satisfaction with their course.
Wednesday 18 August 2010
One of only five Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellowships has been awarded to a third-year PhD student in Linguistics
Wednesday 26 May 2010
Our Department maintains its place in the UK top 10 in league tables
