Department of Language and Linguistic Science
News 2016
Radio three
Posted on Tuesday 21 February 2017
Department speech experts on air
Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability
Posted on Tuesday 21 February 2017
New book, co-edited by Carmen Álvarez-Mayo, is available online
Top Volume
Posted on Monday 20 February 2017
Knowing about Language in final four for UK Literacy Association prize
Provocative talk for discriminating language users
Posted on Monday 31 October 2016
LingSoc co-hosts language and discrimination event
York continues to shine in university league tables
Posted on Tuesday 4 October 2016
Times GUG rankings place L&LS in top 20 nationally
Speech and language giveaways
Posted on Tuesday 27 September 2016
Talk at NTU workshop on forensic language analysis
Sound evidence for CPD success
Posted on Monday 26 September 2016
York course meets global training needs
Excellent NSS scores for Languages and Linguistics
Posted on 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.
Another success for Team LAGB
Posted on Tuesday 13 September 2016
York hosts 2016 Linguistics Association of Great Britain conference
PARLAY view
Posted on Tuesday 6 September 2016
York's fourth annual postgraduate linguistics conference the biggest yet
Taking a fresher look at University life
Posted on Thursday 1 September 2016
Subordinate Clauses rise to the top of the tree
Silver anniversary for Association born in York
Posted on Tuesday 2 August 2016
IAFPA celebrates a quarter-century by returning to its roots
Are our voices unique? Barclays is banking on it
Posted on Monday 1 August 2016
'Voiceprints' to replace passwords and signatures
Mushy peas or marmite your cup of tea?
Posted on Thursday 21 July 2016
York PhD asks "¿gusto o disgusto?"
Ey uP!
Posted on Wednesday 20 July 2016
European Parliament interpreters head North
Con-grad-ulations to the class of 2016!
Posted on Wednesday 20 July 2016
Gowns galore on our finalists' big day
Ousey does it!
Posted on Monday 18 July 2016
Paddling up for York children's charities
Borderlands in Bristol
Posted on Wednesday 13 July 2016
York research showcased at borders-themed conference
YUSU plaudits for linguistics lecturers
Posted on Wednesday 13 July 2016
High Commendations for Hughes and Light
New Sounds in Denmark
Posted on Monday 27 June 2016
York staff and students at Aarhus conference
Ersatz accents
Posted on Monday 27 June 2016
Invited lecture at U. Vechta's International Week
SS2016 en España
Posted on Monday 27 June 2016
York staff at Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, Murcia
Babel seeking young writing talent!
Posted on Monday 20 June 2016
Want to see your work in print?
Multicultural London English in Austria
Posted on Monday 13 June 2016
Paul Kerswill guests in Graz
Accents allowed
Posted on Friday 10 June 2016
Paul K. on 'Ale Drinkers and Northern Accents' radio programme
Deborah Cameron on gender, politics, and gender politics
Posted on Thursday 2 June 2016
Oxford don dissects the discourse of 2015 election debates
Court in the act
Posted on Monday 16 May 2016
MSc students brave cross-examination in mock court proceedings
Another Doctor in the house!
Posted on Friday 13 May 2016
Successful PhD viva for Becky Woods
French connection on the radio
Posted on Friday 13 May 2016
York prof talks through the principles of forensic speech and audio analysis
Department welcomes Swedish visitor
Posted on Friday 6 May 2016
Responding the French ouais
Taking TUULS to Newcastle
Posted on Wednesday 4 May 2016
Keynote talk on York's new ESRC project at 2016 NELLi event
Charity funds are the icing on the cake
Posted on Wednesday 4 May 2016
Fundraiser for toilet twinning project reaps sweet rewards
Further successes for research postgraduates
Posted on Monday 25 April 2016
Higher degrees awarded to two former MSc in Forensic Speech Science students
James Tompkinson wins HRC poster prize
Posted on Tuesday 12 April 2016
Prize for PhD student's poster on spoken threats
Department launches new CPD courses in Forensic Speech and Audio
Posted on 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.
Obituary: Professor David Reibel
Posted on Friday 11 March 2016
'Founding father' of York's Department of Language and Linguistic Science dies, aged 85
Call for papers: Putting Fieldwork on Indigenous Languages to New Uses
Posted on 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.
ConSOLE conference in York
Posted on Friday 15 January 2016
University of York and York St John University team up to host international student linguistics conference.