News in English Language and Linguistics United Kingdom Linguistics Olympiad DescriptionRound two hosted by the Department of English Language and Linguistics, including a mini-olympiad for local schools.Date:Friday 22 March 2019 The role of metaphor in 'witchcraft' DescriptionProfessor Jeannette Littlemore's presentation at the Association of Child Protection Professionals Conference.Date:Sunday 10 March 2019 ELAL doctoral researcher wins thesis presentation competition DescriptionWalaipun Puengpipattrakul won the prize at the 8th Thai Student Academic Conference (SACC-TSAC) held at Imperial College London in Febrary,Date:Friday 8 March 2019 World Book Day in the Digital Age DescriptionScreen time for children, changing reading behaviours or fears around the decline of the printed book are all topics of the digital age.Date:Thursday 7 March 2019 World Book Day in the Digital Age DescriptionScreen time for children, changing reading behaviours or fears around the decline of the printed book are all topics of the digital age.Date:Thursday 7 March 2019 CLiC 2.0 release DescriptionWe are releasing the brand-new version 2.0 of the CLiC web app with a refreshed look, many new features and additional texts. As part of the upgrade, the CLiC server will be down on Thursday 7 March.Date:Tuesday 5 March 2019 How British Sign Language developed its own dialects DescriptionAdam Schembri writing for The Conversation (with Kearsy Cormier, UCL).Date:Tuesday 5 March 2019 The language of inequality in the news DescriptionMichael Toolan's book published by Cambridge University Press.Date:Monday 18 February 2019 Displaying 1 to 8 of 266 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next