Linguistics and English Language

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  • Our Research

    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.

  • Research Centres and Groups

    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.

  • Research Facilities

    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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Focus on ‘Girls Night’ film scoops clutch of awards for student team

A film providing a ‘women’s lens’ on the fear of walking home alone at night, written and directed by a Lancaster University student, has won a clutch of impressive awards. 
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National University of Malaysia visited Lancaster University

On the 6th February, University leadership were delighted to welcome a senior delegation from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
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: Wei Yi (Beijing)

Wednesday 8 February 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Topic: Statistical sensitivity, cognitive aptitudes and processing of collocations.
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Lunar New Year celebrations

On Wednesday 25th January 2023, the Linguistics and English language department hosted a Lunar New Year celebration event for staff and students on campus.
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International conference on L2 Portuguese

L2 Portuguese @ Lancaster (L2P@L2023) is a two-day international conference focusing on Portuguese as an additional language.

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Upcoming Events

14th Jun

HL2C-SLLAT Seminar: Míriam Buendía Castro (University of Granada, Spain)

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
14th Jun

Webinar: Master's level studies in TESOL (with Language Testing / Corpus Linguistics) (repeat)

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 6:00pm to 7:00pm
22nd Jun

Global Aspirations and National Concerns: The Chinese Film Industry in the Last Decade

Thursday 22 June 2023, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

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