News in English Language and Linguistics University of Birmingham's Big Cat Partnership gets the cream DescriptionA trailblazing partnership between University of Birmingham academics and the leading marketing communications agency Big Cat has won a major regional business award.Date:Friday 2 November 2018 10 place rise in THE World University Rankings 2019 DescriptionWe are now ranked 70 in the subject ranking for arts and humanities, which covers art, performing arts, design, languages, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, theology, architecture and archaeology.Date:Thursday 1 November 2018 Pattern Grammar in the Classroom DescriptionDr Suganthi John and Dr Crayton Walker are in Newcastle to deliver teacher training workshops on 'Pattern Grammar in the Classroom' at International House (Newcastle) for DELTA trainees and language teachers.Date:Wednesday 17 October 2018 OutLiar DescriptionOlu Popoola, a PhD researcher at CCR, has launched OutLiar, a deception blog that showcases investigative linguistic techniques and explores instances of (alleged) duplicity, doublespeak and disinformation in global affairs past and present.Date:Wednesday 10 October 2018 Death before Birth project on show at New Street Station DescriptionJeannette Littlemore and Sarah Turner showcase findings at in station atrium as part of 'Research at the Heart of Brum' event tomorrow.Date:Friday 5 October 2018 Patterns and Constructions in Language Teaching and Lexicography DescriptionProfessor Susan Hunston will travel to Guangdong University of Guangzhou City to deliver a five day workshop.Date:Tuesday 2 October 2018 CLiC and the Cadbury Research Library: The start of a collaboration DescriptionRead more about the beginning of the collaboration between the CLiC and GLARE projects with the Cadbury Research Library. The collaboration was kicked off with a seminar for library staff, introducing the CLiC web app and the opportunities it can offer to students, staff and visitors.Date:Friday 28 September 2018 Analysis of billions of Twitter words reveals how American English develops DescriptionNew words in American English tend to develop in five regional linguistic 'hotspots' before spreading across the United States and beyond, a new study reveals.Date:Wednesday 26 September 2018 Displaying 1 to 8 of 248 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next