Linguistics @ QMUL
@qmullinguistics.bsky.social
The official page of the Linguistics Department at Queen Mary University of London. Visit our website to find out more about the department!
www.linguistics.sllf.qmul.ac.uk
www.linguistics.sllf.qmul.ac.uk
Today's Linglunch with Torsten Leuschner!
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today's Linglunch with Torsten Leuschner!
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Our very own PhD student Elliot bush has published a piece for In Conversation titled: 'Is a Veggie Burger Still a Burger? A linguist Explains'
Read it here: theconversation.com/is-a-veggie-...
Our very own PhD student Elliot bush has published a piece for In Conversation titled: 'Is a Veggie Burger Still a Burger? A linguist Explains'
Read it here: theconversation.com/is-a-veggie-...
Is a veggie burger still a burger? A linguist explains
The shape of a burger is reinforced in our mental linguistic definitions every time we see a burger but there isn’t a straight-forward definition.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Our very own PhD student Elliot bush has published a piece for In Conversation titled: 'Is a Veggie Burger Still a Burger? A linguist Explains'
Read it here: theconversation.com/is-a-veggie-...
Our very own PhD student Elliot bush has published a piece for In Conversation titled: 'Is a Veggie Burger Still a Burger? A linguist Explains'
Read it here: theconversation.com/is-a-veggie-...
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/josl...
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/josl...
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/josl...
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/josl...
📣New Paper alert!
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published "A Guide to Build (ING) Generalised Mixed Model Trees in Canadian Maritime English" in Language in Linguistics Compass!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/lnc3...
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published "A Guide to Build (ING) Generalised Mixed Model Trees in Canadian Maritime English" in Language in Linguistics Compass!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/lnc3...
October 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣New Paper alert!
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published "A Guide to Build (ING) Generalised Mixed Model Trees in Canadian Maritime English" in Language in Linguistics Compass!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/lnc3...
Matt Hunt Gardner has just published "A Guide to Build (ING) Generalised Mixed Model Trees in Canadian Maritime English" in Language in Linguistics Compass!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/lnc3...
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
Our PhD student Caitlin Hogan has published, alongside her collaborators, a new paper on the discursive framing of trust.
📖 Read it here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Our PhD student Caitlin Hogan has published, alongside her collaborators, a new paper on the discursive framing of trust.
📖 Read it here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
Our PhD student Caitlin Hogan has published, alongside her collaborators, a new paper on the discursive framing of trust.
📖 Read it here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Our PhD student Caitlin Hogan has published, alongside her collaborators, a new paper on the discursive framing of trust.
📖 Read it here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
New podcast! @dannybate.bsky.social and I chat about Scottish Gaelic, mediaeval sea kingdoms, the spread and retreat of Gaelic in Scotland, influence from Pictish, sounds borrowed from Old Norse, and much more 🐦🐦 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... or wherever you get your podcasts :)
Scottish Gaelic and David Adger
Podcast Episode · A Language I Love Is... · 10/09/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We are excited to announce the publication of a recent outstanding MA dissertations in our Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics series. www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
August 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are excited to announce the publication of a recent outstanding MA dissertations in our Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics series. www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
We are excited to announce the publication of a recent outstanding MA dissertations in our Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics series.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
August 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are excited to announce the publication of a recent outstanding MA dissertations in our Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics series.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
Do you #softblock (blocking and then immediately unblocking) QMUL Linguist Caitlin Hogan @caitlinhogan.bsky.social explores how it represents emerging norms of politeness on social media. Check out Caitlin's new article in Social Media + Society. doi.org/10.1177/2056...
June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Do you #softblock (blocking and then immediately unblocking) QMUL Linguist Caitlin Hogan @caitlinhogan.bsky.social explores how it represents emerging norms of politeness on social media. Check out Caitlin's new article in Social Media + Society. doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Very Excited to have the wonderful @wmartina.bsky.social visiting us at Queen Mary Linguistics this week as this year's Quirk Fellow. Come along to her talks if you are in London www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis... @qmullinguistics.bsky.social
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May 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Very Excited to have the wonderful @wmartina.bsky.social visiting us at Queen Mary Linguistics this week as this year's Quirk Fellow. Come along to her talks if you are in London www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis... @qmullinguistics.bsky.social
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More info about our new MSc in Linguistics and AI with me waxing lyrical about it! #linguistics #ai
Our current Head of Department tells all about @qmul.ac.uk's new MSc in Linguistics and AI. Applications open now.(www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...)
youtube.com/shorts/dpzWO...
youtube.com/shorts/dpzWO...
MSc Ling &AI Instagram Version
YouTube video by David Adger
youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
More info about our new MSc in Linguistics and AI with me waxing lyrical about it! #linguistics #ai
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#Sociolinguists - check this great project out
Want to know how language has changed in London? Devyani Sharma's Generations of London English Project, run at @qmullinguistics.bsky.social with the University of York at generationsoflondonenglish.org @samhellmuth.bsky.social @qmulhss.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
#linguistics #london #langsky
#linguistics #london #langsky
March 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#Sociolinguists - check this great project out
Socio-syntax paper alert!
New paper on (morpho-)syntactic acceptability judgments and sociolinguistic context, with the rest of our lovely SCOSYA team! #linguistics @qmullinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘When intuitions (don't) fail’: combining syntax and sociolinguistics in the analysis of Scots | English Language & Linguistics | Cambridge Core
‘When intuitions (don't) fail’: combining syntax and sociolinguistics in the analysis of Scots - Volume 29 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Socio-syntax paper alert!
Want to know how language has changed in London? Devyani Sharma's Generations of London English Project, run at @qmullinguistics.bsky.social with the University of York at generationsoflondonenglish.org @samhellmuth.bsky.social @qmulhss.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
#linguistics #london #langsky
#linguistics #london #langsky
February 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Want to know how language has changed in London? Devyani Sharma's Generations of London English Project, run at @qmullinguistics.bsky.social with the University of York at generationsoflondonenglish.org @samhellmuth.bsky.social @qmulhss.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
#linguistics #london #langsky
#linguistics #london #langsky
Our current Head of Department @davidadger.bsky.social on @bbcradio4.bsky.social discussing constructed languages with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social. David also teaches a course where our students create their own languages here @qmul.ac.uk! Tune in to learn about uvulars, and evidentiality!
Am on @bbcradio4.bsky.social's Word of Mouth today discussing the linguistics of constructed languages with
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social. Tune in at 3.30 (or I guess on iplayer) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #linguistics #conlangs
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social. Tune in at 3.30 (or I guess on iplayer) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #linguistics #conlangs
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Creating Languages for Film and Television with Professor David Adger
Michael Rosen asks a linguist how he invents new languages for TV series and films.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Our current Head of Department @davidadger.bsky.social on @bbcradio4.bsky.social discussing constructed languages with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social. David also teaches a course where our students create their own languages here @qmul.ac.uk! Tune in to learn about uvulars, and evidentiality!
Our current Head of Department tells all about @qmul.ac.uk's new MSc in Linguistics and AI. Applications open now.(www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...)
youtube.com/shorts/dpzWO...
youtube.com/shorts/dpzWO...
MSc Ling &AI Instagram Version
YouTube video by David Adger
youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Our current Head of Department tells all about @qmul.ac.uk's new MSc in Linguistics and AI. Applications open now.(www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...)
youtube.com/shorts/dpzWO...
youtube.com/shorts/dpzWO...
We have a new MSc in Linguistics and AI starting next September at Queen Mary, aimed at giving relevant skills to people from non-STEM backgrounds who are keen to work in the tech sector, integrating humanities/social science #linguistics with #ai. www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
December 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
We have a new MSc in Linguistics and AI starting next September at Queen Mary, aimed at giving relevant skills to people from non-STEM backgrounds who are keen to work in the tech sector, integrating humanities/social science #linguistics with #ai. www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
PhD student Scott Kunkel has recently published an article entitled Longitudinal change in the adjective intensifier system of Hexagonal French. The article considers both social and grammatical drivers of change. Congratulations Scott!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PhD student Scott Kunkel has recently published an article entitled Longitudinal change in the adjective intensifier system of Hexagonal French. The article considers both social and grammatical drivers of change. Congratulations Scott!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 20, 2024 at 9:47 AM
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
PhD student Scott Kunkel has recently published an article entitled Longitudinal change in the adjective intensifier system of Hexagonal French. The article considers both social and grammatical drivers of change. Congratulations Scott!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PhD student Scott Kunkel has recently published an article entitled Longitudinal change in the adjective intensifier system of Hexagonal French. The article considers both social and grammatical drivers of change. Congratulations Scott!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
PhD student Célia Richy has recently published an article entitled Combinatorial Effects of Southern French Features on Perception. This is part of Célia’s unique research on coherence and co-occurrence in French. Congratulation’s Célia!
repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
PhD student Célia Richy has recently published an article entitled Combinatorial Effects of Southern French Features on Perception. This is part of Célia’s unique research on coherence and co-occurrence in French. Congratulation’s Célia!
repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
November 8, 2024 at 2:04 PM
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
PhD student Célia Richy has recently published an article entitled Combinatorial Effects of Southern French Features on Perception. This is part of Célia’s unique research on coherence and co-occurrence in French. Congratulation’s Célia!
repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
PhD student Célia Richy has recently published an article entitled Combinatorial Effects of Southern French Features on Perception. This is part of Célia’s unique research on coherence and co-occurrence in French. Congratulation’s Célia!
repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
PhD student Logan Simpson has recently published an article entitled From icons to identities: Analysing visual cultural elements in emerging scripts.
journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl...
PhD student Logan Simpson has recently published an article entitled From icons to identities: Analysing visual cultural elements in emerging scripts.
journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl...
October 28, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
PhD student Logan Simpson has recently published an article entitled From icons to identities: Analysing visual cultural elements in emerging scripts.
journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl...
PhD student Logan Simpson has recently published an article entitled From icons to identities: Analysing visual cultural elements in emerging scripts.
journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl...
🚨 New publication in our Occasional Papers in Linguistics (QMOPAL) series!
🎓 Our BA student Isra Khan Afridi’s dissertation explores the impact of ADHD on narrative discourse amongst university students.
👀 Read here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🎓 Our BA student Isra Khan Afridi’s dissertation explores the impact of ADHD on narrative discourse amongst university students.
👀 Read here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
August 30, 2024 at 10:54 AM
🚨 New publication in our Occasional Papers in Linguistics (QMOPAL) series!
🎓 Our BA student Isra Khan Afridi’s dissertation explores the impact of ADHD on narrative discourse amongst university students.
👀 Read here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🎓 Our BA student Isra Khan Afridi’s dissertation explores the impact of ADHD on narrative discourse amongst university students.
👀 Read here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🤔 Is RP really dying out?
📝 Our own Sophie Holmes-Elliott and her collaborator Erez Levon have published a paper investigating modern Received Pronunciation!
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📝 Our own Sophie Holmes-Elliott and her collaborator Erez Levon have published a paper investigating modern Received Pronunciation!
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
July 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
🤔 Is RP really dying out?
📝 Our own Sophie Holmes-Elliott and her collaborator Erez Levon have published a paper investigating modern Received Pronunciation!
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📝 Our own Sophie Holmes-Elliott and her collaborator Erez Levon have published a paper investigating modern Received Pronunciation!
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🎉 Congratulations to our student Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado who has been awarded a PhD in Linguistics!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
July 2, 2024 at 3:36 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our student Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado who has been awarded a PhD in Linguistics!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🗞️ Read all about it!
📝 Our former postdoctoral researcher Johanna Gerwin has published a paper exploring Multicultural London English as discussed in English newspapers
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📝 Our former postdoctoral researcher Johanna Gerwin has published a paper exploring Multicultural London English as discussed in English newspapers
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 13, 2024 at 11:12 AM
🗞️ Read all about it!
📝 Our former postdoctoral researcher Johanna Gerwin has published a paper exploring Multicultural London English as discussed in English newspapers
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📝 Our former postdoctoral researcher Johanna Gerwin has published a paper exploring Multicultural London English as discussed in English newspapers
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢 We're excited to be holding our annual Jenny Cheshire Lecture today! We will be welcoming Prof Crispin Thurlow (Bern) who will giving a lecture entitled "Finding value in waste: Language, materiality, and the stuff of words"
🔗 For details and tickets: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🔗 For details and tickets: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
May 31, 2024 at 9:02 AM
📢 We're excited to be holding our annual Jenny Cheshire Lecture today! We will be welcoming Prof Crispin Thurlow (Bern) who will giving a lecture entitled "Finding value in waste: Language, materiality, and the stuff of words"
🔗 For details and tickets: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🔗 For details and tickets: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...