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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.

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’.

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

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

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

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