News

Dr Claire Childs and Dr Ben Gibb-Reid presented research on teacher perceptions of language variation at the international conference in Salzburg.

Sociolinguists at York hosted regional dialect researchers at the Guildhall to explore linguistic variation across Northern England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

PhD researcher Elizabeth Hopkins demonstrates how linguistic evidence from place-names can strengthen Ancient Woodland designations.

Language educators gathered at the University of York to explore culture- and language-integrated teaching at the annual German Language Association conference.

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science has placed 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd and 4th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027 for the subjects of Italian, French, German, Iberian Languages and linguistics. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

A study co-led in the department is using Sir Michael Caine's licensed AI voice to test how well people can tell real speech from synthetic audio.

Postgraduate translation students have had terminology entries validated by international experts and published in a multilingual database used by language professionals worldwide.

The results of the 2026 National Student Survey (NSS) have revealed the strengths of the Department of Language and Linguistic Studies for the study of French studies and Iberian studies. We have excelled in ‘Learning opportunities’, ‘Academic support’, ‘Organisation and management’ and ‘Learning Resources’.