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The Department of Language and Linguistic Science at York ranks highly in the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2025

Monday 30 September 2024

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science has ranked highly in the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2025. It placed 5th for the subject of Linguistics, 10th for French and 9th for Iberian Languages. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.


New partnership between the University of York and The Forensic Voice Centre

Thursday 26 September 2024

The University of York and the Forensic Voice Centre are delighted to announce a new partnership to deliver casework-led teaching and supervision to students in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science.


The last Men Standing

Thursday 5 September 2024

Huw Jones, Technical Supervisor in our department, has recently edited a feature length documentary film on the mining community in East Durham.


UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund awarded to Prof. Keren-Portnoy

Tuesday 3 September 2024

A UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund has recently been awarded to Professor Tamar Keren-Portnoy from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science.


New research on the gender gap in the Spanish Wikipedia: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of solidarity amongst female Ibero-American translators

Wednesday 21 August 2024

Dr Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff, Associate Lecturer in our department, has co-authored a paper with Dr Néstor Singer (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) that investigates the gender gap on Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopaedia.


News from our PGR community - May-July 2024

Monday 29 July 2024

We are always excited to announce and celebrate the achievements of our doctoral researchers in Language and Linguistic Science. Below are some of the highlights of the period May-July 2024.


National Student Survey shows strengths of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at York

Thursday 18 July 2024

The results of the 2024 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of The Department of Language and Linguistic Science in French studies, Iberian studies and linguistics.


Adventure Beyond Language: Building Community and Understanding Culture in the LfA Japanese Elementary Course

Wednesday 29 May 2024

After months of diligent study, the students enrolled in the LfA Japanese Elementary Course 23-24 proudly showcased a brief summary of their accomplishments on 29th April (Group 2) and 1st May (Group 1), marking a significant milestone in their learning journey.


Pint of Science talk by doctoral researcher Vicky Noble: Counting sheep, fruits and bloods

Wednesday 29 May 2024

Doctoral researcher Vicky Noble presented aspects of her research to a lay audience on May 15th during the Pint of Science event in The Winning Post, York.


4th, 6th and 10th in the UK: Complete University Guide 2025

Thursday 23 May 2024

Language and Linguistic Science at York is ranked 4th (French), 6th (Iberian Languages) and 10th (linguistics) in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2025).


Remembering John Kelly (1936-2023)

Friday 17 May 2024

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is saddened to hear about the passing of John Kelly last December.


Phonetics for Teaching English Pronunciation course - partnership with teachers at Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

Wednesday 8 May 2024

A group of staff members at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science are very excited to have hosted an online module for teachers of English for Special Purposes at Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.


News from our PGR community - March/April 2024

Friday 19 April 2024

Our great PGR community is sharing with us their exciting latest news and achievements


Linguistics at York placed =81st in the world

Friday 12 April 2024

Linguistics at York placed =81st in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2024).


News from our PGR community - December 2023-February 2024

Wednesday 21 February 2024

We have more wonderful news to share from our vibrant PGR community at the department of Language and Linguistic Science.


LeCTIS Seminar on stand-by interpreting in police interviews by Eloísa Monteoliva García

Thursday 15 February 2024

Our Director of Professional Language Learning, Dr. Eloísa Monteoliva García, made a presentation last February 8th as part of the LeCTIS Seminar Series organised by the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Leicester. The talk was titled: “Stand-by Interpreting in Police Interviews: Negotiating Role(s) and Participation”.


University funding to grow forensic speech science casework and CPD

Monday 22 January 2024

The Forensic Speech Science (FSS) group within the Department of Language and Linguistic Science has been awarded £323,596 to build strands of commercial engagement, as part of the University’s Building Industrial Engagement and Impact initiative.


Prof. Tamar Keren-Portnoy presents to a large audience of English Language A-level students

Friday 5 January 2024

Prof. Tamar Keren-Portnoy spoke to hundreds of English Language A-level students in a day-long conference


News from our PGR community (September-December 2023)

Tuesday 5 December 2023

Our community of PhD students is very active and vibrant, and their research findings have reached far and wide this semester!. These are some of the latest academic presentations by the department’s doctoral researchers since September 2023.


Doctoral researcher Victoria Noble speaks about the Welsh language on a languages podcast

Thursday 30 November 2023

Doctoral researcher Vicki Noble joined York graduate Danny Bate’s podcast A Language I love is… and discussed some of the unique features of Welsh.


Dr Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff presents research on Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Wikipedia at Warwick seminar series

Monday 6 November 2023

Dr Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff, Associate Lecturer in our department, has recently taken part in the Warwick Seminar Series presenting research on Multimodal Discourse Analysis.


Prof. Monika Schmid on BBC Radio 5 discussing the importance of learning foreign languages

Thursday 2 November 2023

New poll reveals overwhelming UK public support for compulsory language learning in schools. Professor Monika Schmid, Head of Department of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science discusses the benefits of learning foreign languages at school – and even earlier.


Happy European Day of Languages!

Thursday 28 September 2023

September 26th is the European Day of Languages, celebrating the diversity of languages in Europe.


LLS research on Phonetics and Phonology presented at IAFPA and ICPhS

Thursday 28 September 2023

York staff, students and associates have had a busy Summer of research. They have made significant paper and poster contributions during two key conferences in the areas of Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody: IAFPA and ICPhS.


French, Iberian Languages and linguistics at York rank top five in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

Tuesday 19 September 2023

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science has placed 3rd for French, joint 3rd for linguistics and joint 5th in the UK for Iberian Languages in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities we provide to our students.


Strong presence of L&LS at this year’s LAGB conference

Thursday 14 September 2023

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science had a very strong presence at this year's conference of the Linguistic Association of Great Britain in Cambridge earlier this month, with a range of paper presentations.


New publication: Developing speaking and writing skills in Italian through History of Art

Wednesday 6 September 2023

New published work in the field of Language for Specific Purposes


National Student Survey reveals the strengths of Language and Linguistic Science at York

Tuesday 15 August 2023

The results of a nationwide survey have revealed that the Department of Language and Linguistic Science is home to some of the happiest English language, linguistics and Italian studies students in the UK.


York’s Department of Language and Linguistic Science at UKLVC14

Friday 14 July 2023

York staff/students at the sociolinguistics conference


MOOC 2023 - An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity

Friday 30 June 2023

Launching the fourth edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics


Event: Food and Culture/食べものと文化

Wednesday 14 June 2023

Cultural event to promote Japanese culture at the University of York


Top 10 in the UK: Complete University Guide 2024

Thursday 8 June 2023

Department of Language and Linguistic Science subjects at York ranked in the UK Top 10 according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).


Alumni Event 2023

Friday 2 June 2023

On Friday 28 April 2023 the Department of Language and Linguistic Science hosted its annual Alumni Event ‘What can you do with a degree in Language and Linguistics?’ to showcase to current students the range of different career paths open to language and linguistics graduates.


Talk: ‘The Unspoken Rules of Spoken English Dialects’

Friday 19 May 2023

Linguistics talk at the York Festival of Ideas 2023


Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2023

Friday 12 May 2023

On Friday 28 April 2023 the Department of Language and Linguistic Science hosted its annual Alumni Event ‘What can you do with a degree in Language and Linguistics?’ to showcase to current students the range of different career paths open to language and linguistics graduates.


Linguistics at York placed 10th in the UK and in the top 100 globally

Thursday 23 March 2023

Linguistics at York placed 10th in the UK and in the top 100 in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2023).


Applications now open for PhD research projects at the CITY College, University of York Europe Campus

Friday 17 February 2023

The South-East European Research Centre at CITY College (Thessaloniki, Greece) is advertising several PhD positions. These research projects will be co-supervised by academics from Language and Linguistic Science and the Humanities Department at CITY College.


Languages for All - There’s something new!

Friday 17 February 2023

Short courses offered in the Summer Term (May to June) 2023


Project updates: Person-specific automatic speaker recognition

Friday 13 January 2023

PASR project welcomes Poppy Welch


Project: Identifying the role of sensorimotor feedback as a mechanism for language learning in the first three years of life

Tuesday 29 November 2022

ERC Starting Grant awarded for a new 5-year long research project in linguistics


Languages for All - There’s something new!

Thursday 3 November 2022

Short courses offered in the Spring Term (January to March) 2023


Linguistics Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (LAGB) 2022

Tuesday 25 October 2022

LLS researchers at the Annual Meeting of the LAGB


Project: Modelling bottom-up and top-down linguistic knowledge across different contexts of bilingual development

Thursday 13 October 2022

Major new research collaboration investigating different contexts of bilingual development


New Department Community Coordinator

Tuesday 27 September 2022

UG student appointed as new LLS DCC to help to foster a learning community and promote exciting opportunities and events


Three Language and Linguistic Science subjects placed Top Ten in the UK by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

Tuesday 20 September 2022

York’s department of Language and Linguistic Science placed in the UK top ten for three subjects, according to the latest release of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide (2023).


Project: “Generations of London English: Language and Social Change in Real Time”

Wednesday 14 September 2022

Major new research collaboration on London English


Autumn Term Departmental Colloquium Series

Wednesday 14 September 2022

Our Colloquium Series in linguistics is back!


Languages For All information talks

Monday 5 September 2022

Join us at the information talks and receive key information on the language modules, teaching methods and resources


Article: North holding its own against spread of southern English dialects, study finds

Monday 5 September 2022

Researcher at York featured in The Guardian


Languages for All - There’s something new!

Thursday 1 September 2022

Specific Purposes Short courses offered in 2022-2023


The Book of Refugees: a multilingual record of memories, dreams and aspirations of refugees in the UK

Monday 15 August 2022

All refugees in the UK are invited to contribute.


Professor Monika S. Schmid elected a Fellow of the British Academy

Monday 15 August 2022

The Head of Department of Language and Linguistic Science, Professor Monika S. Schmid, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.


New publication: Phonetic radical awareness and application in English-speaking learners’ L2 Chinese

Thursday 11 August 2022

New published article in the field of Chinese as a second language and phonetic radical awareness


Project: A new intervention using the BabblePlay app for populations at risk for language delay

Thursday 11 August 2022

Cross departmental research project in York to support better language outcomes for babies from low socioeconomic families and with Down Syndrome


Staff and students’ recent achievements

Thursday 11 August 2022

A stream of new fellowships and bursaries awarded to our researchers and students


National Student Survey 2022

Friday 8 July 2022

We’re delighted to have some of the happiest Language and Linguistics students in the UK.


MOOC 2022 - An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity

Monday 27 June 2022

Launching the fourth edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics


YUSU Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award 2022

Monday 27 June 2022

We are delighted to announce that Victoria Noble (Dept. Language and Linguistic Science) has won the YUSU Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year in this year’s YUSU Excellence Awards 2022.


Article: ‘Learning a new language as an adult’

Monday 27 June 2022

Prof. Monika Schmid (Head of Department of Language and Linguistic Science) has recently been interviewed by Dominique Russell from Wellbeing by Teacher for ‘Learning a new language as an adult’.


Language and Linguistic Science at York is #1 in Research Excellence Framework

Monday 20 June 2022

The research conducted in our department is the best in the country according to the official ranking of the latest REF results


YUSU Teaching Awards 2022

Monday 20 June 2022

Another success for the department at this year’s YUSU awards


Top ten rankings for French and German at York by the Complete University Guide

Wednesday 15 June 2022

French and German at York are ranked as top 10 subjects by the Complete University Guide.


New Ukrainian language course delivered by Languages for All

Monday 6 June 2022

Launch of LFA Ukrainian for Everyday Communication language course to help families and children affected by the war in Ukraine


LLS Graduation Ceremony 2022

Wednesday 25 May 2022

In-person graduation ceremony for the classes of 2020–2022 and VC teaching award



QS World Rankings by subject 2022

Wednesday 6 April 2022

Department of Language and Linguistic Science maintains its place in the UK top 10.


Projects: “Babble development and caregiver speech in English and Ugandan babies” and "To and Fro Approach"

Monday 4 April 2022

Cross departmental research projects in York have been awarded a British Academy and a University of York’s internal impact funding grants


Article: How to learn a foreign language as an adult

Tuesday 29 March 2022

Researchers at York featured in The Times


Alumni Event 2022

Tuesday 22 March 2022

Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2022


Person-specific Automatic Speaker Recognition: understanding the behaviour of individual speakers for applications of ASR

Monday 21 March 2022

A new linguistic project on automatic speaker recognition has been awarded a major ESRC grant


New publication: The developmental origins of phonological memory

Thursday 24 February 2022

New published work in the field of language acquisition


New publication: Urban Contact Dialects and Language Change

Thursday 17 February 2022

A systematic comparative treatment of urban contact dialects in the Global North and South, examining the emergence and development of these dialects in major cities in Sub-Saharan Africa and North-Western Europe


New Head of Department

Monday 24 January 2022

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is delighted to welcome Professor Monika S. Schmid as our new Head of Department.


Special recognition of York’s CPD course in Forensic Speech and Audio Analysis

Tuesday 18 January 2022

L&LS’s CPD course in Forensic Speech and Audio Analysis singled out for special mention in BA report on knowledge exchange


Video: ‘The hidden background noise that can catch criminals’

Monday 17 January 2022

Amelia Gully shows L&LS graduate Tom Scott how audio and video recordings may contain concealed patterns revealing when and where they were made


Tweetin’ like you talk: Accent representation on social media

Thursday 25 November 2021

A resounding success for a talk in linguistics delivered to English Language A-level students


Poetry reading on Arabic culture and language

Thursday 18 November 2021

Poetry reading on Arabic culture and language


A new CPD workshop series for Japanese language teachers

Thursday 18 November 2021

New Japanese language education project with international invited speakers


New Department Community Coordinator

Thursday 11 November 2021

UG student appointed as new LLS DDC to help to foster a learning community and promote exciting opportunities and events


Tertulia de Literatura y Cine: Spanish literary and film circle at the University of York

Friday 29 October 2021

Our popular social events in Spanish Language are back on campus!


Stats Coffee Hour for students and staff

Friday 15 October 2021

Drop-in session for staff and students to discuss statistical/data elements of their research


Autumn Term Departmental Colloquium Series

Monday 27 September 2021

Our Colloquium Series in linguistics is back!


Revisiting ‘the crime of the century’ using forensic speech analysis

Friday 17 September 2021

Researcher in York provides linguistic expertise for documentary about kidnap/murder case


Podcast: The origins of English

Tuesday 3 August 2021

New podcast focusing on the history of medieval English


Talk: Veinte años trabajando en cooperación en América Latina

Tuesday 13 July 2021

Interactive online event in Spanish language on how to pursue a career on international development projects in Latin America


Linguistic paper in Conversation Analysis wins the 2021 Graduate Student Paper award

Thursday 8 July 2021

LLS PG student’s paper awarded with a prestigious international prize


Language Students Abroad (UoY)

Thursday 8 July 2021

A new blog for LLS students to share their experiences and useful tips in preparation for the Year Abroad


Humans and machines: novel methods for testing speaker recognition performance

Tuesday 6 July 2021

Cross departmental research project in York has been awarded an AHRC grant


Successful CPD workshop series for Japanese language teachers

Friday 25 June 2021

Workshop in Japanese language education in collaboration with the OJAE research and development team


Complete University Guide 2022

Friday 25 June 2021

Department of Language and Linguistic Science moves into the UK top 10.


YUSU Teaching Awards 2021

Friday 25 June 2021

Another success for the department at this year’s YUSU awards


Vice Chancellor's Teaching Awards 2021

Wednesday 23 June 2021

Triple success for the LLS department at this year’s awards for excellence in teaching


At the boundaries of syntactic prehistory

Tuesday 22 June 2021

New published article in the field of syntactic history of language


Student Volunteering Award 2021

Friday 18 June 2021

LLS student wins a second award for her volunteering role in the local community


MOOC 2021 - An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity

Thursday 17 June 2021

Launching the third edition of the department’s highly popular online learning course in sociolinguistics


You’ve changed your tune: intonational variation and change in Middlesbrough (and York)

Monday 7 June 2021

York Festival of Ideas webinar on intonation patterns and regional accents


Open lecture: The 3,000 year-old Mummy Nesyamun

Friday 28 May 2021

Online webinar on the synthesis of a vowel sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice’ organised by the LLS Forensic group


Another double Laidlaw success for Language and Linguistic Science students

Thursday 27 May 2021

Once again LLS undergraduates secure a prestigious Laidlaw Scholarship


Origami: A single piece of paper opens infinite horizons

Wednesday 26 May 2021

The wonderful world of an ancient Japanese art form at York Festival of Ideas 2021


Research fellowship: ‘Interactions in Grammatical Systems: North-South Dialect Variation in England’

Monday 17 May 2021

Dr Claire Childs awarded an AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship


Language acquisition in cross-linguistic context: how can we increase language coverage?

Wednesday 12 May 2021

LLS Research Fellow participating in a round table discussion on increasing coverage on first language acquisition research.


Enhancing comparability: modelling linguistic systems to advance typology

Wednesday 12 May 2021

Research project in York has been awarded a Leverhulme International Fellowship


York’s commitment to gender equality recognised with three new Athena Swan awards

Monday 10 May 2021

The University of York is celebrating the award of Athena Swan bronze awards for the first time to the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, the York Law School and York Management School.


Alumni Event 2021

Tuesday 27 April 2021

Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2021


Conference: Morphological Theory and Typology

Thursday 22 April 2021

Prof. Dunstan Brown will be a keynote speaker at The 5th American International Morphology Meeting


Department Community Coordinator

Friday 26 March 2021

Student building LLS departmental community: the new role launched by UoY


QS World Rankings by subject 2021

Monday 8 March 2021

Linguistics at York maintains its place in the world top 100 and UK top 10, while Modern Languages is in the UK top 20.


More rule than exception

Monday 8 March 2021

New published article in the field of grammar/gene relations


Webinar: Can we save Cockney?

Friday 5 March 2021

Linguists explore the claim made in 2010 that Cockney would disappear within 30 years


Formal Syntax and Deep History

Thursday 18 February 2021

New published article in the field of syntactic history of languages


Sunny Nunny Storytime for the Young and Older

Thursday 11 February 2021

Storytelling on German folklore to inspire a new generation of language learners


CPD workshop series for Japanese language teachers

Friday 15 January 2021

New Japanese language education project in collaboration with the OJAE research and development team


York recognised as a University of Sanctuary

Thursday 14 January 2021

LFA Tutor plays a role in expanding access to refugee and asylum seekers in the local community


The return of the department colloquium series

Wednesday 6 January 2021

The department’s regular series of research talks returned towards the end of term with three invited speakers


Careers Event 2020: Speech and Language Therapy

Wednesday 9 December 2020

Language and Linguistic Science alumni speak to current students about careers in Speech and Language Therapy


Vice Chancellor's Teaching Awards 2020

Wednesday 9 December 2020

Another double success for the department at this year’s awards for excellence in teaching


Investigating the relationship between students’ attendance and attainment

Wednesday 9 December 2020

New published article in the York Scholarship of Teaching and Learning journal


Tribute to our Department Manager Deborah Hines

Friday 4 December 2020

A much-respected and well-loved colleague and friend


Successful second run of MOOC - An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity

Friday 27 November 2020

Over 3,500 active learners to date on free online course


Language and migration in Europe and China: fragmentation and integration

Thursday 5 November 2020

Prof. Kerswill speaking at major Chinese Sociolinguistics conference


We’re 6th in the UK

Friday 18 September 2020

Department of Language and Linguistic Science at York in the top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for Iberian Languages


Can a woman sound "gay"?

Friday 18 September 2020

Newly awarded PhD on a sociophonetic study on "gay voice" for women


Webinar: Mitigating social and environmental harm through Participatory Theatre

Friday 11 September 2020

First phase of a cross-continental research project


York CPD Workshop 2020

Monday 27 July 2020

LLS host a new CPD webinar for English Language A-Level teachers


National Student Survey 2020

Wednesday 15 July 2020

We’re delighted to have some of the happiest French language students in the UK.


The science of how you sound when you talk through a face mask

Thursday 9 July 2020

Linguistic research on the effects of wearing a facemask on verbal communication


An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity

Tuesday 30 June 2020

Free online four-week course


Three Minute Thesis 2020 competition: Great result for LLS

Monday 15 June 2020

LLS Postgraduate students place second and third at this year’s competition finals


LLS students win big at Student Volunteering Awards 2020

Friday 12 June 2020

University of York students win prestigious awards for their volunteering role in the local community


Three Minute Thesis 2020 competition

Tuesday 9 June 2020

Two LLS PhD students to represent the field of linguistics in the competition finals


Talk: First steps into language development

Wednesday 20 May 2020

Prof. Marilyn Vihman will take part in a live broadcast organised by the Brazilian Linguistic Association, together with the LSA and other linguistic societies.


Tertulia de Literatura y Cine: Spanish literary and film circle at the University of York

Tuesday 19 May 2020

Social events in Spanish Language bring together students and members of the local community.


New published article on ‘The grammaticalisation of 'never' in British English dialects’ by Dr Claire Childs

Tuesday 5 May 2020

A new study investigating changes in English negation over time


Triple Laidlaw success for Language and Linguistic Science students

Friday 1 May 2020

Three first-year LLS undergraduates secure a prestigious Laidlaw Scholarship.


New research to enhance the quality of psychological interventions delivered by telephone (EQUITy)

Thursday 23 April 2020

A new study into the delivery of psychological therapies by telephone within the NHS’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service


Interactional Linguists network at the University of York

Tuesday 10 March 2020

Interactional Linguistics from different countries meeting at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science


Participatory theatre in Ghana: Initial workshop and field visit, 10-13 February 2020

Tuesday 10 March 2020

York and Ghana researchers meet to start theatre project


Recent publications and current projects on medical interactions by Prof. Paul Drew

Tuesday 10 March 2020

Prof. Paul Drew (University of York) illustrates the impact of research in conversation analysis


Alumni Event 2020

Tuesday 10 March 2020

Language and Linguistic Science alumni back in York to participate in The LLS Alumni Event 2020


QS World Rankings by Subject 2020

Thursday 5 March 2020

Department of Language and Linguistic Science maintains its place in the world top 100 and UK top 10.


Feast and Famine Project: Confronting Overabundance and Defectivity in Language

Friday 31 January 2020

Prof. Dunstan Brown will be part of an international research project with institutions from the UK, Czech Republic and Croatia.


Participatory theatre and the human and environmental costs of gold mining in Ghana

Tuesday 28 January 2020

Joint research project between York and the University of Ghana


Vice Chancellor's Teaching Awards

Thursday 12 September 2019

Cinzia Bacilieri and Marina Cantarutti recognised for excellent teaching


Parlay Conference 2019

Wednesday 11 September 2019

The 6th annual Postgraduate Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York Conference was a huge success.


Professor Ron Kaplan awarded an honorary doctorate

Tuesday 20 August 2019

Watch the video of Professor Peter Sells's oration and Professor Ron Kaplan’s response at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science’s graduation ceremony.


National Student Survey 2019

Friday 5 July 2019

We’re delighted to have some of the happiest French, Italian, Spanish and Linguistics students in the UK.


QS World Rankings by subject 2019

Wednesday 27 February 2019

Department of Language and Linguistic Science moves into the world top 100 and UK top 10.


Galamsey in Ghana

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Paul Kerswill has been awarded a grant for a multidisciplinary project on gold mining in Ghana.


Grattis Julia!

Friday 7 December 2018

Julia Forsberg has successfully defended her PhD at the University of Gothenburg.


The Stephen Lawrence Case: Legacy and Lessons Learned

Friday 2 November 2018

The Forensic Team in the Department is host to a lecture by Imran Khan QC entitled The Stephen Lawrence Case: Legacy and Lessons Learned. This is an open event and will take place on 27th November 2018.


HRC Doctoral Fellowship Competition 2018

Friday 29 June 2018

Language and Linguistics 3rd year PhD researcher has been awarded HRC Doctoral Fellowship.


Story of Things Podcast on Forensic Linguistics

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Vincent Hughes and Professor Peter French discuss the challenges of using technology in criminal conviction cases in a new podcast.


Laidlaw Success for Holly Shorey

Friday 11 May 2018

Holly Shorey, a first-year Linguistics student, has secured one of the prestigious Laidlaw scholarships


Welcome to Paul Drew!

Friday 20 April 2018

Major figure in Conversation Analysis joins Department staff


Passive Impressive!

Thursday 5 April 2018

Passive researchers get active in York, London, and Berlin


Verbal Contract

Thursday 5 April 2018

Peter Sells awarded Leverhulme Trust grant for study of verb and verb phrase topicalisation


A Conversation piece on a multimodal teaching tool.

Thursday 5 April 2018

Géraldine Enjelvin has recently written another article for The Conversation.com


Another New Book Published

Wednesday 21 February 2018

Second edition of popular English Language textbook out


George Brown passes PhD viva

Friday 9 February 2018

PhD success for budding speech technologist


New Handbook published

Friday 9 February 2018

Handbook of Dialectology the latest in Wiley-Blackwell's 'Handbooks of Linguistics' series


A Conversation piece on Art and Memory

Friday 9 February 2018

Géraldine Enjelvin has recently written an article for The Conversation.com


Swiss Spotlight on York Research

Tuesday 5 December 2017

Members of the PoTS research group invited to speak at Zurich workshop.


For he's a jolly good Fellow!

Wednesday 26 July 2017

Paul Kerswill elected a Fellow of the British Academy


Language and Linguistic Science excellence

Wednesday 26 July 2017

Two awards in recognition of the quality of our teaching


Research in three minutes

Tuesday 20 June 2017

Three minute thesis success for Katherina Walper Gomez


The ABFAB four

Monday 19 June 2017

Major ESRC project to study accent and fair access.


French speaker in Huddersfield

Thursday 15 June 2017

Public lecture on the tricks of the forensic phonetician's trade


Please is the magic word

Tuesday 13 June 2017

Hogg Prize awarded to York PhD graduate


New York news

Sunday 11 June 2017

Hofstra hosts three University of York visitors


Conversation pieces

Friday 9 June 2017

Colleague comments on controversial installations


VC's award for Márton Sóskuthy

Wednesday 7 June 2017

We're pleased to announce that Márton Sóskuthy is to receive a 2017 Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.


Radio three

Tuesday 21 February 2017

Department speech experts on air


Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability

Tuesday 21 February 2017

New book, co-edited by Carmen Álvarez-Mayo, is available online


Top Volume

Monday 20 February 2017

Knowing about Language in final four for UK Literacy Association prize


Provocative talk for discriminating language users

Monday 31 October 2016

LingSoc co-hosts language and discrimination event


York continues to shine in university league tables

Tuesday 4 October 2016

Times GUG rankings place L&LS in top 20 nationally


Speech and language giveaways

Tuesday 27 September 2016

Talk at NTU workshop on forensic language analysis


Sound evidence for CPD success

Monday 26 September 2016

York course meets global training needs


Excellent NSS scores for Languages and Linguistics

Sunday 25 September 2016

Strong teaching and satisfaction scores in the 2016 National Student Survey place York 1st in the Russell Group for Linguistics and English Language degrees.


Another success for Team LAGB

Tuesday 13 September 2016

York hosts 2016 Linguistics Association of Great Britain conference


PARLAY view

Tuesday 6 September 2016

York's fourth annual postgraduate linguistics conference the biggest yet


Taking a fresher look at University life

Thursday 1 September 2016

Subordinate Clauses rise to the top of the tree


Silver anniversary for Association born in York

Tuesday 2 August 2016

IAFPA celebrates a quarter-century by returning to its roots


Are our voices unique? Barclays is banking on it

Monday 1 August 2016

'Voiceprints' to replace passwords and signatures


Mushy peas or marmite your cup of tea?

Thursday 21 July 2016

York PhD asks "¿gusto o disgusto?"


Ey uP!

Wednesday 20 July 2016

European Parliament interpreters head North


Con-grad-ulations to the class of 2016!

Wednesday 20 July 2016

Gowns galore on our finalists' big day


Ousey does it!

Monday 18 July 2016

Paddling up for York children's charities


Borderlands in Bristol

Wednesday 13 July 2016

York research showcased at borders-themed conference


YUSU plaudits for linguistics lecturers

Wednesday 13 July 2016

High Commendations for Hughes and Light


New Sounds in Denmark

Monday 27 June 2016

York staff and students at Aarhus conference


Ersatz accents

Monday 27 June 2016

Invited lecture at U. Vechta's International Week


SS2016 en España

Monday 27 June 2016

York staff at Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, Murcia


Babel seeking young writing talent!

Monday 20 June 2016

Want to see your work in print?


Multicultural London English in Austria

Monday 13 June 2016

Paul Kerswill guests in Graz


Accents allowed

Friday 10 June 2016

Paul K. on 'Ale Drinkers and Northern Accents' radio programme


Deborah Cameron on gender, politics, and gender politics

Thursday 2 June 2016

Oxford don dissects the discourse of 2015 election debates


Court in the act

Monday 16 May 2016

MSc students brave cross-examination in mock court proceedings


Another Doctor in the house!

Friday 13 May 2016

Successful PhD viva for Becky Woods


French connection on the radio

Friday 13 May 2016

York prof talks through the principles of forensic speech and audio analysis


Department welcomes Swedish visitor

Friday 6 May 2016

Responding the French ouais


Taking TUULS to Newcastle

Wednesday 4 May 2016

Keynote talk on York's new ESRC project at 2016 NELLi event


Charity funds are the icing on the cake

Wednesday 4 May 2016

Fundraiser for toilet twinning project reaps sweet rewards


Further successes for research postgraduates

Monday 25 April 2016

Higher degrees awarded to two former MSc in Forensic Speech Science students


James Tompkinson wins HRC poster prize

Tuesday 12 April 2016

Prize for PhD student's poster on spoken threats


Department launches new CPD courses in Forensic Speech and Audio

Monday 14 March 2016

Taught by experienced departmental staff in conjunction with speech and audio experts from the UK's longest established and leading independent forensic speech and audio firm, the courses will provide training opportunities to existing practitioners, forensic scientists, police, government security and other investigative agency technical and scientific staff.


Obituary: Professor David Reibel

Friday 11 March 2016

'Founding father' of York's Department of Language and Linguistic Science dies, aged 85


Call for papers: Putting Fieldwork on Indigenous Languages to New Uses

Thursday 4 February 2016

"Putting Fieldwork on Indigenous Languages to New Uses" is a São Paulo School on Advanced Sciences, supported by the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), and will be held from 21 March to 6 April, at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.


ConSOLE conference in York

Friday 15 January 2016

University of York and York St John University team up to host international student linguistics conference.


Star words for dialect coach

Tuesday 22 December 2015

York guest speaker Andrew Jack given on-screen role in JJ Abrams blockbuster


Swedish supervisions

Monday 21 December 2015

Two members of Department staff are co-supervising PhD students at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.


YPL's new Short Report section

Friday 4 December 2015

York Papers in Linguistics (YPL) launches a Short Report section.


Géraldine Enjelvin's abstract accepted for a conference

Tuesday 1 December 2015

Congratulations to Géraldine Enjelvin, whose abstract has been accepted for the annual conference of the Society for French Studies!


French at York in national Top 10

Friday 25 September 2015

York's French degrees put in formidable performance


Strong York presence at ICPhS 2015

Tuesday 22 September 2015

Language and Linguistic Science staff and students present at major international conference


UKLVC and PARLAY conferences at York

Thursday 17 September 2015

The Department hosted two international linguistics conferences in September.


York student awarded Best Student Paper prize at international conference

Wednesday 29 July 2015

Congratulations to Georgina Brown, who won the prize for best student paper at the 2015 IAFPA conference in Leiden!


Peter French on BBC World Service programme on the human voice

Monday 20 July 2015

Prof Peter French featured on the BBC World Service programme "The Power of the Human Voice"


White Rose DTC: Mixed-effects modelling workshop

Friday 3 July 2015

York hosted a White Rose DTC workshop on mixed-effects modelling on the 1st and 2nd of July.


Excellence in learning and teaching recognised

Friday 12 June 2015

Staff and students celebrate and reflect on teaching practice


Zhejiang students visit the department

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Our department hosted 5 students visiting from Zhejiang University, shown here concluding their tour of our Babylab.


Strong showing for York research in 2014 REF

Thursday 18 December 2014

York maintains its place in the top tier of UK linguistics departments, ranking 2nd in the country on the proportion of research given the highest ranking: world-leading.


Fête du Français at Acomb Primary School

Wednesday 17 December 2014

Final-year French students organised a festive Fête du Français at Acomb Primary School to promote language learning in primary schools.


Ambassador Alejandro Estivill's visit to the University of York

Tuesday 25 November 2014

Alejandro Estivill, Deputy Head of Mission at the Mexican Embassy to the United Kingdom, visited the University of York on 14 November for an event hosted by our department with the aim of promoting cultural activities particularly for students studying languages.


New book co-authored by Ann Taylor

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Ann Taylor wrote the chapter on Old English Syntax in the new book co-authored with Don Ringe (U. Pennsylvania) "The Development of Old English"


News from the Babylab

Friday 17 October 2014

Testing babies' preferences using the eye-tracker


New book by Dominic Watt and Carmen Llamas

Thursday 16 October 2014

A new book "Language, Borders and Identity" edited by Dominic Watt and Carmen Llamas has just been published


Academics in action

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Staff and students were busy over the summer organising and presenting at conferences


York ranks 48th in the world for Modern Languages

Thursday 14 August 2014

The recent QS rankings place Modern Languages at York in the World Top 50.


Elaine Lopez awarded HRC Doctoral Fellowship

Friday 18 July 2014

Our PhD student Elaine Lopez has been awarded an HRC Doctoral Fellowship and won second prize in the project presentation competition.


Department wins 3 YUSU Excellence in Teaching and Supervision awards 2014

Saturday 14 June 2014

Two staff awards and one departmental award in 2014 ceremony


Le Tour de France virtuel

Tuesday 22 April 2014

York partners with secondary schools to promote interest in language and culture


Richard Ogden's talk at Café Scientifique

Thursday 6 March 2014

Richard Ogden informed and entertained a full house at Café Scientifique


Visiting students from Zhejiang University

Friday 7 February 2014

The department has welcomed 6 visiting students from Zhejiang University this term.


Double success at York Talks

Sunday 12 January 2014

Our department was well represented at York Talks on 8 January 2014, with two professors, Dunstan Brown and Pino Longobardi, presenting their research in the main showcase event. Two of our PhD students, Catherine Laing and Becky Woods, presented in the final of the university-wide postgraduate research student poster competition.


The first PARLAY conference, September 2013

Wednesday 6 November 2013

The inaugural PARLAY (Postgraduate Academic Researchers in Linguistics At York) conference was a great success!


July graduation news and successes

Friday 12 July 2013

Congratulations to our graduates of summer 2013!


Region's schools visit York to forge closer ties

Friday 12 July 2013

Language and linguistics staff forge closer ties with schools and colleges through presentations of research and key concepts.


Silver Award for Excellence for Cathy Dantec

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Cathy Dantec recognized for Outstanding Achievement


Inaugural PARLAY Conference at York

Thursday 4 April 2013

The department is delighted to announce the inaugural PARLAY Conference.


The Phonological Development research group launches its new website

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Find out about all the activities of our Phonological Development research group.


Successful grant applications

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Two IAFPA research grants have been awarded to members of our department


UCAS Visit Days 2013

Thursday 17 January 2013

Come and see York for yourself


Dinesh Vaswani Scholarship

Monday 12 November 2012

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is delighted to confirm the creation of the DINESH VASWANI SCHOLARSHIP.


Accents and identities come into focus

Tuesday 6 November 2012

A multimedia exhibition at the Ron Cooke Hub explores the relationship between regional accents and identities in four Border communities


Jen Hay comes to York

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Professor Jen Hay visits York on Leverhulme Professorship


Excellent NSS scores for Languages and Linguistics at York

Thursday 27 September 2012

Satisfaction ratings rise in the 2012 National Student Survey


Wolfson Foundation continues support for York students

Tuesday 11 September 2012

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science will be part of a competition for three fully-funded places for postgraduate research commencing in autumn 2013.


New website for the Firthian Phonology Archive

Monday 10 September 2012

Launch of a new website for the Firthian Phonology Archive


The Forensic Speech Science group launches its new website

Thursday 16 August 2012

Find out about all the activities of our Forensic Speech Science group.


Strong showing in national rankings

Sunday 12 August 2012

Our department now ranks in the national top 5 for Linguistics in two independent evaluations.


Congratulations Carmen Llamas!

Sunday 1 July 2012

Carmen Llamas has been promoted to Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics.


Worldwide Exchange scheme success

Monday 18 June 2012

Linguistics student James Britton will spend his second year studying at The University of Hong Kong.


New staff for 2012

Tuesday 10 April 2012

We are very pleased to announce that 3 new staff will be joining us after the summer!


Alumni Event 2012

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Former students share careers advice with current students.


Visit Days 2012 for prospective students

Friday 20 January 2012

Visit Days for prospective students during Spring term!


Welcome to Paul Kerswill!

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Professor Paul Kerswill has joined our staff, moving here from Lancaster University. He is almost as excited about this as we are.


Past and future students meet

Friday 24 June 2011

The Department was delighted to host four visits by sixth form students of English Language this week, with over 70 students coming to campus. But these were not just random visits – in every case there was a personal link with a past or present student of our Department.


Marta Szreder wins Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Awards 2011

Friday 27 May 2011

Marta Szreder has been awarded Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Awards this year. The scheme recognises and rewards colleagues (academics, learning support staff, teaching 'teams' and postgraduates/postdocs who teach) who demonstrate excellence in teaching and/or learning support at York.


BBfor2 Summer School in Forensic Speech Analysis

Monday 16 May 2011

The BBfor2 Summer School in Forensic Speech Analysis will take place at the University of York, UK, June 13-16, 2011, followed by a BBfor2 Network meeting, June 17.


International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC) 2011

Wednesday 11 May 2011

The International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC) 2011 will take place at the University of York, England, June 16-17, preceded by a one-day workshop on cross-linguistic studies of phonetic and/or phonological development, June 15.


New issue of YPL out

Friday 8 April 2011

The latest edition of YPL series 2, issue 11 (March 2011), is now out!


Postgraduate Open Day

Wednesday 24 November 2010

Our Postgraduate Open Day will be held on Wednesday 8th December. Come and meet staff and students and find out more about our programmes.


Three Postgraduate scholarships + three international scholarships available

Tuesday 16 November 2010

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is pleased to be able to offer three new postgraduate scholarships to commence in 2011-2012. In addition, there are three types of scholarship available in 2011 for overseas students.


National Student Survey success

Monday 23 August 2010

York Linguistics ranked fifth in the UK, with 92% of final-year students expressing overall satisfaction with their course.


Rein Sikveland wins Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellowship competition 2010

Wednesday 18 August 2010

One of only five Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellowships has been awarded to a third-year PhD student in Linguistics


York among top 10 linguistics departments

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Our Department maintains its place in the UK top 10 in league tables


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