Linguistics and English Language

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Master's level studies

Are you thinking about Master's level studies in Linguistics and English Language? Join one of our information sessions to find out more.

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Research

  • Our Research

    For the last fifty 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, corpus studies, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, language testing, literacy, phonetics, and second language learning and teaching.

  • Research Facilities

    The Department has outstanding research resources. We have fully equipped laboratories for eye-tracking, phonetics, EEG (Electroencephalography) and child language analysis.

50 years of excellence

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of LAEL with us through a series of community events and public lectures. Stay tuned for the programme coming soon.

50th anniversary
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Latest News

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 / Phonetics Lab Seminar: Qi Zheng (Peking University)

Friday 15 November 2024, 2:00pm to 3:00pm. Topic: Native Phonology, Allophonic Split, and Phonotactic Constraint on L2 Phonolexical Encoding and Further Consolidation of Fuzzy Lexical Representations
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Toddlers, Tech and Talk: groundbreaking study into how children under three use technology

Lancaster University researchers took part in a major study which revealed key insights into the extent to which children under three years old have access to digital technology in the home, how they use it and how it supports their language development.
Professor Emeritus David Barton

Professor Emeritus David Barton

The University deeply regrets to report the death of Professor Emeritus David Barton from the Department of Linguistics and English Language on 18 October 2024.
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: Eleonora Rossi (University of Florida)

Wednesday 13 November 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Topic: tbc
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A fresh view of the classics: Camões and Shakespeare revisited

Please join us on November 6 to celebrate the quincentennial of Luís de Camões, Portugal’s national poet.

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Upcoming Events

21st Nov

Migration Stories North West: Global Links to Histories, Localities & Lives

Thursday 21 November 2024, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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Architecture Autumn Lecture Series: 31/44 Architects

Thursday 21 November 2024, 5:45pm to 6:45pm
3rd Dec

MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science (FLiSS): meet the team (webinar)

Tuesday 3 December 2024, 11:00am to 11:50am

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