linguistics – LANTERN

Free event in Edinburgh – Language revitalisation and linguistic superdiversity: Prospects and challenges, Professor Stephen May

03/05/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

9th May 2016 at 5pm Heriot-Watt University Professor Stephen May (international authority on language rights, language policy and bilingualism) Language revitalisation and linguistic superdiversity: Prospects and challenges Organised by The Intercultural Research Centre in collaboration with EU COST Action 1S1306 New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe http://www.nspk.org.uk/ This is a free event but places are limited. Please sign up […]

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The English tone of voice: Lecture with David Crystal, University of Huddersfield, Friday 13th May

28/04/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Babel is pleased to announce our second annual lecture, which will be given by David Crystal. The lecture will take place on the 13th May, 2016 in the beautiful surroundings of St Paul’s Hall at the University of Huddersfield, and is free for all to attend. David Crystal is a celebrated linguist, as well as being Babel’s very own Linguistic […]

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New article: Monolingual ways of seeing multilingualism

16/12/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

A ‘just been published’ article on multilingualism.

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Does climate affect the type of language you speak?

10/02/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

This link was posted on Facebook by Debbie Ralls and I thought it would be interesting to post it here too for anyone who doesn’t do Facebook! Any comments? Here’s how the climate you live in affects the way you speak

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