Linguistics and English Language

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In the UK for Linguistics,

Complete University Guide 2022

4th

In the UK in for Linguistics,

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15th

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QS World University Rankings 2021

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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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British Council award for Lancaster team’s comics app to support language learners

A Lancaster University-led project team have won a highly prestigious British Council ELTons Digital Innovation award for work on an imaginative comics app to help dyslexic and non-dyslexic learners learn a second language.

Prestigious British Council ELTon award in the category of Digital Innovation.

As part of an international project led by Dr Julie-Ann Sime from the department of Educational Research, Judit Kormos and colleagues from Germany, Greece and Cyprus have won the prestigious British Council ELTon award in the category of Digital Innovation.

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‘Amazing’ ‘stuff’ as a mini revolution sweeps through spoken and written British English

There’s been a mini revolution in the way we speak and write British English and, says new research from Lancaster University conducted on data from the last 20 years, it’s official, we have become much more informal.

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Trouble in the English Language primary classroom

Research evidence suggests that especially in the area of grammar teachers typically do not know enough and lack confidence but Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University Willem Hollmann argues that the gaps in teachers’ knowledge and confidence are not their fault.

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Promising future leader receives £1 million to examine language about dementia

A Lancaster University linguist will receive £1,044,105 for a project to raise awareness of the implications that communication around dementia can have for public understanding and for the wellbeing of those diagnosed with the syndrome.

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