Department of English Language and Linguistics

The Department is a world-leading centre of excellence for both teaching and research in English Language and Applied Linguistics.

LATEST NEWS

Posted 11 February 2019

Words as feelings

Marcus Perlman interviewed in Aeon article on ideophones and iconicity.

Posted 08 February 2019

Call for papers: English Language Postgraduate conference 2019

"Linguistics & beyond: Interdisciplinarity and Impact" will take place on 5 April 2019. Deadline for abstracts is 28 February 2019

Posted 29 January 2019

Call for papers: Sign CAFÉ 1 conference proceedings

The University of Birmingham hosted the first international workshop on cognitive and functional approaches to sign language linguistics, or Sign CAFÉ 1, in 2018.

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Forthcoming Events

We are proud to offer throughout the academic year a series of events and research seminars, closely tied to the department's academic work.

Centre for Corpus Research

CARE

If you would like to spend a period of time in Birmingham pursuing your research, you can apply to become a member of our Centre for Advanced Research in English (CARE).