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    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.

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    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.

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    The Department has some outstanding resources. We have fully equipped laboratories for eye-tracking, phonetics, EEG (Electroencephalography) and child language analysis.

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Our seminars are free to attend. Simply sign up to the HL2C mailing list to receive the link to join us via Microsoft Teams link.

HL2C Seminar: Cristina Flores (Minho), Esther Rinke and Jacopo Torregrossa (Frankfurt)

Thursday 15 December 2022, 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Topic: What modulates the acquisition of difficult structures in a heritage language?
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Developing digital support tools to help patients navigate cancer treatments

Lancaster University researchers are helping to develop new digital support tools that will help transform patients’ experiences around making decisions about their cancer treatments.
Campus in the autumn

Ten Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics

Chris Hart began a series of ten lectures in cognitive linguistics and CDA as part of the prestigious "Ten Lectures" series organised by the China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics and funded by the Beijing Grant for International Outstanding Scientists.
Our seminars are free to attend. Simply sign up to the HL2C mailing list to receive the link to join us via Microsoft Teams link.

HL2C Seminar: Cindy Ge, Padraic Monaghan, and Patrick Rebuschat (Lancaster)

Wednesday 7 December 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Topic: The role of phonology is L2 word learning: Evidence from cross-situational statistical learning.
MA in Language Testing student Juliana Bahia

MA in Language Testing student wins international award

Congratulations to MA in Language Testing student Juliana Bahia who has won the 2022 Caroline Clapham IELTS Masters Award! Juliana’s dissertation was selected by the IELTS partners (British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, Cambridge English) as the dissertation that makes the most significant contribution to the field of language testing this year.

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Upcoming Events

7th Dec

HL2C-SLLAT Seminar: Cindy Ge, Padraic Monaghan, and Patrick Rebuschat (Lancaster)

Wednesday 7 December 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
15th Dec

HL2C-SLLAT Seminar: Cristina Flores (Minho), Esther Rinke and Jacopo Torregrossa (Frankfurt)

Thursday 15 December 2022, 5:00pm to 6:00pm
26th Jan

HL2C-SLLAT Seminar: Ana Madeira, Alexandra Fieis, Joana Teixeira (NOVA University Lisbon)

Thursday 26 January 2023, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

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