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.

Latest News

Northern schools are losing out on hundreds of pounds of funding per pupil compared to those in London

Report highlights educational inequalities facing children in the North of England

Lancaster University researchers have contributed to a major report which highlights how a failure to address childhood inequality is creating a “conveyor belt of disadvantage.”
Dr Oksana Afitska

LAEL engages with Chinese Partner Universities: knowledge exchange and capacity building sessions

In the first two weeks of September, Dr Oksana Afitska from LAEL department is giving a series of invited lectures, capacity building sessions and a Keynote speech at LAEL partner universities in China: Beijing Foreign Studies University and Beijing Jiaotong University.
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New ‘verbal treasure trove’ dictionary captures nuances and uses of Shakespeare’s words

New research by Lancaster University sheds light on Shakespearean times with the publication of The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language after 25 years of preparation, a £1 million Arts and Humanities Research Council grant, a team of up to 25 researchers, and seven years of hard work.
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LU-UKM encouraging educational and professional development through the partnership mobility program

On 1st August, 16 Lancaster University students from various faculties were welcomed by the National University of Malaysia, Faculty of Education, to study at the International Summer School in TESOL with Cultural Component at UKM.
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British Council apprenticeships in collaboration with Lancaster University

The British Council is offering two fixed-term apprenticeships to eligible applicants from ethnic minorities who are resident in the UK. This is to encourage the academic and professional development of promising university graduates and to promote greater diversity in the language testing community in the UK.

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Upcoming Events

22nd Sep

Language Data Analysis for Business and Professional Communication

Friday 22 September 2023, 10:00am to 3:30pm
5th Dec

Online Taster Session - Study at Master's level at Linguistics and English Language Department

Tuesday 5 December 2023, 6:00pm to 7:00pm
5th Mar

Online Taster Session - Study at Master's level at Linguistics and English Language Department

Tuesday 5 March 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

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