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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Would you like to attend a free workshop to produce a collective film about the future of Morecambe? This exciting new project by Dr @clrnance.bsky.social and Dr Dalila Missero aims to develop a new film drawing upon historical films and oral history recordings.

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A Future Archive: Re-imagining Morecambe through film and audio heritage - Lancaster University

An appeal to the local community to step into the spotlight for a glimpse of a future Morecambe through an historical deep dive into the resort’s cinemas and entertainment is part of a new Lancaster U...

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Sam Kirkham @samkirkham.bsky.social · Aug 8

Very happy to have been awarded an APEX grant for a project on “Interpretable acoustic-articulatory relations in speech production” w/ co-investigators Anton Ragni & Aneta Stefanovska. The plan is to do some interesting speech research at the intersection of linguistics, physics & computer science!

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 APEX Awards, granted to ten researchers to pursue innovative, interdisciplinary research. The awards are supported by the @leverhulme.ac.uk and delivered in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering and @royalsociety.org: buff.ly/eF30SQq

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Laura @endless-confusion.bsky.social · Jul 28

Day one of the Factor forensic linguistics summer school done and I’m really enjoying it so far.

I did my MA at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social before they did much in this area. I enjoyed sociophonetics so seeing some of the more applied aspects with forensic speech science was a great start!

A slide on voice identification discussing that voices have been used to identify individuals for a long time through various sources like phone calls, taxi calls, cctv or surveillance footage

A bookmark advertising the MSc Forensic Linguistics and Speech Science, on top of my factor notebook and new pens. If I could do another Masters I’d consider this one!!

A slide titled ‘the voice is not a constant’ with images to show how voice may change for context or audience, it featured two short clips of Gillian Anderson using her American and English accents depending on her audience.

A Lancaster University tote back featuring a line image of a duck. On my way back to the car I walked past many ducks and several ducklings.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm excited to be giving a keynote at the @dhssfau.bsky.social summer school on Data, Gender and Society, where I'll be talking about corpus linguistics and language & gender research. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣 Keynote Speaker Announcement #DHSS25

We’re pleased to announce our third keynote speaker: @gavinbrookes.bsky.social

🎤 Title: Corpus linguistics for gender and language research: Key concepts and critical reflections

🗓️ 22–26 September 2025
🔗 www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/summer-school

#dhss25

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 30

New chapter out now on feminist protest and political change with @mchalu.bsky.social, in this important collection on language and gender in Eastern Europe, edited by @ksenijabogetic.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Malgorzata Chalupnik @mchalu.bsky.social · Jul 30

Out now! @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and I on feminist protest and political change in Poland link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

From Streets to Sejm: Discourses of Feminist Protest and Political Change in Poland

The events surrounding Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet (All-Poland Women’s Strike), the most massive gathering since the fall of communism, are said to have inaugurated a new form of feminism in...

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Culture and Communication (CULCOM) network held its 3rd annual conference on ‘Business Communication within and across Culture', which took place at Lancaster University.

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Culture and Communication Network (CULCOM) 3rd Annual Conference on ‘Business Communication within and across Culture’ - Lancaster University

On Wednesday, 16th July, the Department of Linguistics and English Language hosted the third annual conference of the Culture and Communication network (CULCOM). This year’s conference focused on busi...

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MANTRaP: Misogyny ANd The Red Pill @mantrap.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Women and Equalities Select Committee @commonswec.parliament.uk has accepted our team's evidence as part of it's public enquiry into 'Misogyny: the manosphere and online content'

Read our submission below

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Misogyny: the manosphere and online content - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Written evidence submission publications for Misogyny: the manosphere and online content.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Jun 30

This morning I was honoured to give the opening plenary at the #CL2025 conference - thanks to everyone who came along and engaged!

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 13

Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026

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Yuze Sha @shayuze.bsky.social · Jun 23

Exciting to be at the CLASS Centre launch symposium right now — Prof Lauren Devine is opening with a thoughtful and clear vision for what the Centre aims to achieve @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @lulawcrim.bsky.social

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢 Free Webinar Corpus Linguistics: Skills for the Future

Join @elenasemino.bsky.social & @danagablas.bsky.social as they explore how corpus methods shape healthcare communication & GenAI in language learning.

📆 22 July 2025 | 2–3pm UK time

🔗 Register free: forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF

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CASS @corpussocialsci.bsky.social · Jun 19

🧬 @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social demonstrates the corpus linguistic phenomenon of collocation using a molecular structure. #LancsSS25

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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · Jun 11

Once a year we take our @lancslinguistics.bsky.social MA students for a trip to the Lakes that involves a little hiking, a little climbing, a little caving and a little ice cream. Once again we were incredibly lucky with the weather and everyone had a great day out and a day off from dissertations.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'm honoured to have been appointed to the editorial board of Communication & Medicine! This is a leading journal for research on health communication, and I'm excited to support its important work: utppublishing.com/journals/com... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Editorial Board | Communication & Medicine | University of Toronto Press

See the current editorial team behind Communication & Medicine, along with their roles and qualifications as leading experts in their field.

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · Jun 10

Linguistics at Lancaster ranked 2nd in the UK and joint 1st for graduate prospects in the 2026 Complete University Guide.

www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are very excited that Samuel Schmück has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for a great project on speech analytics and under-represented language varieties in speech technology. Many congratulations Sam!

@samschmueck.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

Sam Schmück awarded Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship - Lancaster University

Congratulations to Sam Schmück for being awarded a highly prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship!

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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · Jun 2

The 19th @lancslinguistics.bsky.social postgraduate conference takes place on 19 & 20 June, with four keynotes, 15 papers and 23 (!) posters. It's an international event, with presenters from across the UK as well as Switzerland, Portugal, China and Pakistan.

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Conference Programme

Visit the post for more.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Jun 3

It was an honour to be involved in updating this entry on 'Grammar and Corpora' for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, with @tonymcenery.bsky.social and originally authored by the late Richard Xiao: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Grammar and Corpora

The rapid development of corpus linguistics since the early 1990s has revolutionized virtually all areas of linguistic research. The corpus approach has helped redefine what a grammar is, leading gra...

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · May 23

Enjoyed giving a plenary talk at the CIRLAM conference today, and sharing work on generative AI, discourse and ideology with @emma-putland.bsky.social & Chris Chikodzore-Paterson. Great questions and discussion afterwards, too! @pubdiscdementia.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

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Sam Kirkham @samkirkham.bsky.social · May 30

And also a paper accepted at CogSci 2025! ✨

➡️ Phonetic accommodation and inhibition in a dynamic neural field model
arxiv.org/abs/2502.01210

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Sam Kirkham @samkirkham.bsky.social · May 30

We have two papers accepted at #Interspeech2025! ✨

➡️ Nosey: Open-source hardware for acoustic nasalance
arxiv.org/abs/2505.23339

➡️ Articulatory strategy in vowel production as a basis for speaker discrimination
arxiv.org/abs/2505.20995

+ I'll also be giving a survey talk!

See you in Rotterdam! 🇳🇱

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Speech Dynamics Lab @speedy-lab.bsky.social · May 22

As part of the #ViTraLiP transnational course, our virtual guest was @samkirkham.bsky.social from Lancaster University. During our exchange in #Paris, we were able to attend his talk at the #SRPP colloquium. Thanks to @lppparis.bsky.social for inviting us! Read more here: tinyurl.com/vitralip.

Photo of Sam Kirkham giving a talk. He is standing in front of a white wall and pointing towards a slide that shows results on phonetic accommodation.

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · May 22

Professor Julia Gillen has been busy discussing her work on Toddlers, Tech and Talk, including submitting evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Media Select Committee inquiry in Media Literacy.

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Julia Gillen on Toddlers, Tech and Talk - Lancaster University

Julia Gillen has been busy discussing her recent research project, “Understanding how very young children learn language and literacy at home in a post-digital age” with a variety of audiences.

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · May 22

Professor Jason Rothman has been inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Congratulations Jason!

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Jason Rothman inducted into Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters - Lancaster University

LAEL Professor Jason Rothman has been inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

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