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
New Working Paper on QMOPALS!
Check out John McLoughlin's MA thesis titled "WH-Voicing in Dublin English: Women Across Six Decades"
Check out John McLoughlin's MA thesis titled "WH-Voicing in Dublin English: Women Across Six Decades"
February 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
New Working Paper on QMOPALS!
Check out John McLoughlin's MA thesis titled "WH-Voicing in Dublin English: Women Across Six Decades"
Check out John McLoughlin's MA thesis titled "WH-Voicing in Dublin English: Women Across Six Decades"
😱New Working Paper Out😱
Our former MA student Sydney Smith thesis is now available on QMOPALs: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
Our former MA student Sydney Smith thesis is now available on QMOPALs: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
😱New Working Paper Out😱
Our former MA student Sydney Smith thesis is now available on QMOPALs: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
Our former MA student Sydney Smith thesis is now available on QMOPALs: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
🤓New Working Paper is Out🤓
One of our former MA students has published their thesis on Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics!
Check it out here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
One of our former MA students has published their thesis on Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics!
Check it out here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
🤓New Working Paper is Out🤓
One of our former MA students has published their thesis on Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics!
Check it out here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
One of our former MA students has published their thesis on Queen Mary Occasional Papers in Linguistics!
Check it out here: www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
Our PhD student Elliot recently did an interview with their funding body about their experience publishing a news article, how they did it and what their research project is about!
Check the interview out here: centrefordoctoralstudies.newsweaver.com/e7hahbkdg1/1...
Check the interview out here: centrefordoctoralstudies.newsweaver.com/e7hahbkdg1/1...
✍️ Victoria-Elliot Bush - News Article Publication!
Congratulations to Victoria-Elliot Bush's news article publication news!
Victoria-Elliot authored a news article that was published on The Conversation which you can read here [ https://centrefordo...
centrefordoctoralstudies.newsweaver.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Our PhD student Elliot recently did an interview with their funding body about their experience publishing a news article, how they did it and what their research project is about!
Check the interview out here: centrefordoctoralstudies.newsweaver.com/e7hahbkdg1/1...
Check the interview out here: centrefordoctoralstudies.newsweaver.com/e7hahbkdg1/1...
New paper by our PhD student Caitlin Hogan! Check it out in Language@Internet: doi.org/10.14434/li....
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New paper by our PhD student Caitlin Hogan! Check it out in Language@Internet: doi.org/10.14434/li....
🤓New paper alert🤓
From Marc Barnard, Scott Kunkel, Remi Lamarque and Adam Chong have published in the Journal of Language and Speech the paper "Listening Effort across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study".
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0023...
From Marc Barnard, Scott Kunkel, Remi Lamarque and Adam Chong have published in the Journal of Language and Speech the paper "Listening Effort across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study".
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0023...
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🤓New paper alert🤓
From Marc Barnard, Scott Kunkel, Remi Lamarque and Adam Chong have published in the Journal of Language and Speech the paper "Listening Effort across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study".
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0023...
From Marc Barnard, Scott Kunkel, Remi Lamarque and Adam Chong have published in the Journal of Language and Speech the paper "Listening Effort across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study".
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0023...
🚨New Working Paper from Dr Marc Barnard🚨
@marcbarnard.bsky.social has published with his co-authors a working paper entitled about 'of' variation. Check it out here: repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
@marcbarnard.bsky.social has published with his co-authors a working paper entitled about 'of' variation. Check it out here: repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🚨New Working Paper from Dr Marc Barnard🚨
@marcbarnard.bsky.social has published with his co-authors a working paper entitled about 'of' variation. Check it out here: repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
@marcbarnard.bsky.social has published with his co-authors a working paper entitled about 'of' variation. Check it out here: repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
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
Reposted by Linguistics @ QMUL
#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...