Department of Language and Linguistic Science
News 2021
Tweetin’ like you talk: Accent representation on social media
Posted on 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
Posted on Thursday 18 November 2021
Poetry reading on Arabic culture and language
A new CPD workshop series for Japanese language teachers
Posted on Thursday 18 November 2021
New Japanese language education project with international invited speakers
New Department Community Coordinator
Posted on 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
Posted on Friday 29 October 2021
Our popular social events in Spanish Language are back on campus!
Stats Coffee Hour for students and staff
Posted on Friday 15 October 2021
Drop-in session for staff and students to discuss statistical/data elements of their research
Autumn Term Departmental Colloquium Series
Posted on Monday 27 September 2021
Our Colloquium Series in linguistics is back!
Revisiting ‘the crime of the century’ using forensic speech analysis
Posted on Friday 17 September 2021
Researcher in York provides linguistic expertise for documentary about kidnap/murder case
Podcast: The origins of English
Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2021
New podcast focusing on the history of medieval English
Talk: Veinte años trabajando en cooperación en América Latina
Posted on 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
Posted on Thursday 8 July 2021
LLS PG student’s paper awarded with a prestigious international prize
Language Students Abroad (UoY)
Posted on 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
Posted on Tuesday 6 July 2021
Cross departmental research project in York has been awarded an AHRC grant
Successful CPD workshop series for Japanese language teachers
Posted on Friday 25 June 2021
Workshop in Japanese language education in collaboration with the OJAE research and development team
Complete University Guide 2022
Posted on Friday 25 June 2021
Department of Language and Linguistic Science moves into the UK top 10.
YUSU Teaching Awards 2021
Posted on Friday 25 June 2021
Another success for the department at this year’s YUSU awards
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Vice Chancellor's Teaching Awards 2021
Posted on 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
Posted on Tuesday 22 June 2021
New published article in the field of syntactic history of language
Student Volunteering Award 2021
Posted on 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
Posted on 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)
Posted on Monday 7 June 2021
York Festival of Ideas webinar on intonation patterns and regional accents
Open lecture: The 3,000 year-old Mummy Nesyamun
Posted on 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
Posted on Thursday 27 May 2021
Once again LLS undergraduates secure a prestigious Laidlaw Scholarship
Origami: A single piece of paper opens infinite horizons
Posted on 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’
Posted on 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?
Posted on 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
Posted on 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
Posted on 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
Posted on Tuesday 27 April 2021
Language and Linguistic Science alumni participate in the LLS Alumni Event 2021
Conference: Morphological Theory and Typology
Posted on Thursday 22 April 2021
Prof. Dunstan Brown will be a keynote speaker at The 5th American International Morphology Meeting
Department Community Coordinator
Posted on Friday 26 March 2021
Student building LLS departmental community: the new role launched by UoY
QS World Rankings by subject 2021
Posted on 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
Posted on Monday 8 March 2021
New published article in the field of grammar/gene relations
Webinar: Can we save Cockney?
Posted on Friday 5 March 2021
Linguists explore the claim made in 2010 that Cockney would disappear within 30 years
Formal Syntax and Deep History
Posted on Thursday 18 February 2021
New published article in the field of syntactic history of languages
Sunny Nunny Storytime for the Young and Older
Posted on Thursday 11 February 2021
Storytelling on German folklore to inspire a new generation of language learners
CPD workshop series for Japanese language teachers
Posted on 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
Posted on 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
Posted on Wednesday 6 January 2021
The department’s regular series of research talks returned towards the end of term with three invited speakers