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In the UK in for Linguistics, The Times Good University Guide 2020
In the UK for Linguistics, Complete University Guide 2020
In the world for Linguistics, QS World University Rankings 2019
For the last forty years, we have been known for cutting-edge empirically-based theoretical and applied research in a wide range of research areas. We constantly strive to make links with potential users of our work.
The department hosts active research groups in areas such as cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, language and gender, literacy, pragmatics and stylistics, and second language learning, assessment and teaching.
The Department has some outstanding resources. We have fully equipped laboratories for eye-tracking, phonetics, EEG (Electroencephalography) and child language analysis.
The first manual of expressions describing cancer has been developed by researchers to help patients make sense of their disease. The metaphor 'Menu', which will be available online from Monday, November 11, follows research by Lancaster University based on the views of more than 100 people involved in cancer care and analysis of more than one million words.
Panos Athanasopoulos and Chris Hart discuss the various ways in which language can affect our thinking, and how speakers of different languages see the world differently.
Language proficiency has an important influence on learners’ ability to answer scientific questions a new joint study by Lancaster and Sheffield Universities has found. And this is particularly challenging for children from homes where English is not their first language –now a significant and increasing proportion of classrooms worldwide.
This week sees the launch of a new podcast - Words and Actions: A podcast about how language matters in business, politics and beyond.
Professor Semino was nominated by the British Association for Applied Linguistics, in recognition of her contribution to social science.
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