Language and Linguistic Science @ UoY
@uoylangling.bsky.social
Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York
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Our next LLS Colloquium talk is on 13 November at 16:00 in CL/A/057.
Dr. E Jamieson (University of York) will present: "Drivers of morphosyntactic obsolescence: Communities of place vs communities of practice in the Shetland Islands".
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Dr. E Jamieson (University of York) will present: "Drivers of morphosyntactic obsolescence: Communities of place vs communities of practice in the Shetland Islands".
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Our next LLS Colloquium talk is on 13 November at 16:00 in CL/A/057.
Dr. E Jamieson (University of York) will present: "Drivers of morphosyntactic obsolescence: Communities of place vs communities of practice in the Shetland Islands".
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Dr. E Jamieson (University of York) will present: "Drivers of morphosyntactic obsolescence: Communities of place vs communities of practice in the Shetland Islands".
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
New research by Serge Sagna, Virve-Anneli Vihman, and Dunstan Brown finds children learning Eegimaa (Senegal) acquire its complex noun system with high accuracy from just 2 years old.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New research by Serge Sagna, Virve-Anneli Vihman, and Dunstan Brown finds children learning Eegimaa (Senegal) acquire its complex noun system with high accuracy from just 2 years old.
Read the paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Read the paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Congratulations to Eloísa Monteoliva-García, Lauren Harrington, James Tompkinson & Jessica Wormald on securing new funding to support workshops with police forces on transcription & interpreting in law enforcement.
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Researchers awarded funding for legal interpreting workshops
New funding will continue vital knowledge exchange between academics and police forces on transcription and interpreting in the justice system.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Congratulations to Eloísa Monteoliva-García, Lauren Harrington, James Tompkinson & Jessica Wormald on securing new funding to support workshops with police forces on transcription & interpreting in law enforcement.
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Can speaking a second language protect your brain as you age? Prof Monika Schmid from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science joined the Aging Less podcast to discuss how multilingualism builds cognitive reserve and can delay cognitive decline.
Listen here: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Listen here: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Professor Monika Schmid discusses multilingualism on longevity podcast
Professor Schmid joins the 'Aging Less' podcast to explore how learning languages can promote lifelong brain health and delay cognitive decline.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Can speaking a second language protect your brain as you age? Prof Monika Schmid from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science joined the Aging Less podcast to discuss how multilingualism builds cognitive reserve and can delay cognitive decline.
Listen here: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Listen here: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
We're pleased to announce our next departmental colloquium.
Dr. Coppe van Urk will present "The cycle in a syllable: Phases and impenetrability in Dinka morphology".
Join us on 6 November at 16:00 in CL/A/057.
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Dr. Coppe van Urk will present "The cycle in a syllable: Phases and impenetrability in Dinka morphology".
Join us on 6 November at 16:00 in CL/A/057.
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We're pleased to announce our next departmental colloquium.
Dr. Coppe van Urk will present "The cycle in a syllable: Phases and impenetrability in Dinka morphology".
Join us on 6 November at 16:00 in CL/A/057.
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Dr. Coppe van Urk will present "The cycle in a syllable: Phases and impenetrability in Dinka morphology".
Join us on 6 November at 16:00 in CL/A/057.
Read the abstract: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Congratulations to our Dr Lauren Harrington on being awarded a prestigious ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship!
The fellowship will support her important work in forensic transcription and the creation of a new international network.
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
The fellowship will support her important work in forensic transcription and the creation of a new international network.
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Lauren Harrington awarded ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
The prestigious one-year fellowship will support new research into forensic transcription and help establish an international knowledge-sharing network.
www.york.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations to our Dr Lauren Harrington on being awarded a prestigious ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship!
The fellowship will support her important work in forensic transcription and the creation of a new international network.
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
The fellowship will support her important work in forensic transcription and the creation of a new international network.
Read more: www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Prof. Giuseppe Longobardi (UoY Language & Linguistic Science) and Dr. Dimitar Kazakov (UoY Computer Science) are co-chairing the major #EVOLANG XVI conference! Call for Papers is open for the 2026 event.
Deadline: 26 October 2025.
Details: evolang2026.org
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Deadline: 26 October 2025.
Details: evolang2026.org
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EVOLANG 2026
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October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Prof. Giuseppe Longobardi (UoY Language & Linguistic Science) and Dr. Dimitar Kazakov (UoY Computer Science) are co-chairing the major #EVOLANG XVI conference! Call for Papers is open for the 2026 event.
Deadline: 26 October 2025.
Details: evolang2026.org
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Deadline: 26 October 2025.
Details: evolang2026.org
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
An upcoming LLS Colloquium features Dr. Jawad Hassan Zadeh discussing Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO).
📅 Thursday 30 October 2025
📍 Church Lane Building, University of York
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📅 Thursday 30 October 2025
📍 Church Lane Building, University of York
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Using LADO in Linguistic Analysis, a historical and methodological approach
This presentation will focus on 3 main areas in the use of Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO)
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October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
An upcoming LLS Colloquium features Dr. Jawad Hassan Zadeh discussing Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO).
📅 Thursday 30 October 2025
📍 Church Lane Building, University of York
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
📅 Thursday 30 October 2025
📍 Church Lane Building, University of York
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
We're delighted that Professor Richard Ogden from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science will be leading a workshop on phonetics at the 25th Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis, 25–27 March 2026.
Deadline for submissions: 17 November 2025
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Deadline for submissions: 17 November 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We're delighted that Professor Richard Ogden from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science will be leading a workshop on phonetics at the 25th Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis, 25–27 March 2026.
Deadline for submissions: 17 November 2025
www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...
Deadline for submissions: 17 November 2025
www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...
Join us for a talk by Rik van Gijn (Leiden University) on the languages of the Upper Amazon. Hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, this event is part of the Philological Society's autumn meeting.
📍 Kings Manor, Huntingdon Room K/122
🗓️ Friday 14 November at 16:15
📍 Kings Manor, Huntingdon Room K/122
🗓️ Friday 14 November at 16:15
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Join us for a talk by Rik van Gijn (Leiden University) on the languages of the Upper Amazon. Hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, this event is part of the Philological Society's autumn meeting.
📍 Kings Manor, Huntingdon Room K/122
🗓️ Friday 14 November at 16:15
📍 Kings Manor, Huntingdon Room K/122
🗓️ Friday 14 November at 16:15
Congratulations to Paul Foulkes from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science on the award!
David Britain, Paul Foulkes, David Willis and I have been awarded 2.5M CHF by SNSF & AHRC for CURLEW – the first major survey of English dialects in England & Wales in 75+ years. Starts: 2026 – posts to come. Outputs: papers + a public dialect atlas 🗺️ 📸 Drafting the proposal, Bern, Jan 2025.
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Congratulations to Paul Foulkes from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science on the award!
Our forensic speech scientists Dr James Tompkinson & Lauren Harrington recently provided expert evidence to a House of Lords inquiry on the use of police transcripts in the criminal justice system.
Their research is helping to inform UK policy.
Learn more:
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Their research is helping to inform UK policy.
Learn more:
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Forensic speech scientists contribute to House of Lords inquiry
Academics provided evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the production of transcripts in the criminal justice system.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our forensic speech scientists Dr James Tompkinson & Lauren Harrington recently provided expert evidence to a House of Lords inquiry on the use of police transcripts in the criminal justice system.
Their research is helping to inform UK policy.
Learn more:
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Their research is helping to inform UK policy.
Learn more:
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Dr Catherine Laing from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science spoke with Michael Rosen on BBC Radio 4's "Word of Mouth" about her research on iconicity, onomatopoeia, and why babies use words like 'meow' and 'woof' so early in their language development.
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Word of Mouth - Crash Bang Wallop: The Sound of Words - BBC Sounds
Michael Rosen and Dr Catherine Laing discuss words that sound like their meanings.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Dr Catherine Laing from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science spoke with Michael Rosen on BBC Radio 4's "Word of Mouth" about her research on iconicity, onomatopoeia, and why babies use words like 'meow' and 'woof' so early in their language development.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
New research from Dr Imke Driemel and colleagues in Semantics & Pragmatics investigates determiner phrase (DP) conjunction in child Georgian and Hungarian.
Is the structure always complex? Find out here: doi.org/10.3765/sp.1...
Is the structure always complex? Find out here: doi.org/10.3765/sp.1...
September 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New research from Dr Imke Driemel and colleagues in Semantics & Pragmatics investigates determiner phrase (DP) conjunction in child Georgian and Hungarian.
Is the structure always complex? Find out here: doi.org/10.3765/sp.1...
Is the structure always complex? Find out here: doi.org/10.3765/sp.1...
New research from Prof. Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social, Dr. Marina N. Cantarutti @marinanc.bsky.social, & Dr. Jürgen Trouvain investigates the phonetic structure of laughter in conversation.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New research from Prof. Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social, Dr. Marina N. Cantarutti @marinanc.bsky.social, & Dr. Jürgen Trouvain investigates the phonetic structure of laughter in conversation.
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Our postgraduate student Elliot shares why they chose to study an MA and PhD in Linguistics at York, and why York is a great place to study linguistics in general.
Explore our postgraduate degrees:
york.ac.uk/language-linguistic-science/study/
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Explore our postgraduate degrees:
york.ac.uk/language-linguistic-science/study/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6YL...
Postgraduate linguistics at York
YouTube video by University of York
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June 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Our postgraduate student Elliot shares why they chose to study an MA and PhD in Linguistics at York, and why York is a great place to study linguistics in general.
Explore our postgraduate degrees:
york.ac.uk/language-linguistic-science/study/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6YL...
Explore our postgraduate degrees:
york.ac.uk/language-linguistic-science/study/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6YL...
We are pleased to hear that our department is ranked 4th in the UK for French, 5th in the UK for linguistics and 6th in the UK for Iberian languages in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).
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June 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We are pleased to hear that our department is ranked 4th in the UK for French, 5th in the UK for linguistics and 6th in the UK for Iberian languages in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...
Our department reps and community coordinators bring you the latest news and events on Instagram.
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May 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Our department reps and community coordinators bring you the latest news and events on Instagram.
Stay up to date:
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Stay up to date:
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Congratulations to our final-year student Ariana Dubov for receiving a commendation in the Spanish section of the University of Warwick Undergraduate Translation Prize 2025.
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May 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Congratulations to our final-year student Ariana Dubov for receiving a commendation in the Spanish section of the University of Warwick Undergraduate Translation Prize 2025.
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Would 100% recommend this.
The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and support A-level English Language teachers. #NATE www.nate.org.uk/2025/05/01/l...
Linguistic research and the classroom: the University of York’s English Language Toolkit - National Association for the Teaching of English
The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and sup...
www.nate.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Would 100% recommend this.
Our exciting LLS Alumni Event 2025 will be held on May 15th at 4pm in BS/104 (Treehouse)
Come and hear about the many different career paths that are open to language and linguistics graduates through the experience of three of our graduates.
Register your interest:
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Come and hear about the many different career paths that are open to language and linguistics graduates through the experience of three of our graduates.
Register your interest:
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May 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our exciting LLS Alumni Event 2025 will be held on May 15th at 4pm in BS/104 (Treehouse)
Come and hear about the many different career paths that are open to language and linguistics graduates through the experience of three of our graduates.
Register your interest:
tiny.cc/LLSalumni
Come and hear about the many different career paths that are open to language and linguistics graduates through the experience of three of our graduates.
Register your interest:
tiny.cc/LLSalumni
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York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) is organised by postgraduates in
👉 @uoylangling.bsky.social
👉 @uoy-sociology.bsky.social
and affiliated with
👉 @uoycaslc.bsky.social
A conference by postgrads, for postgrads 🧠💬
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👉 @uoy-sociology.bsky.social
and affiliated with
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A conference by postgrads, for postgrads 🧠💬
📢 Deadline Extended!
Abstract submissions for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) are now open until Monday 28 April. 🗓️
We welcome abstracts from currently-enrolled PhD researchers for in-person presentations or online posters!
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Abstract submissions for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) are now open until Monday 28 April. 🗓️
We welcome abstracts from currently-enrolled PhD researchers for in-person presentations or online posters!
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#YorCCA - Call for Papers
Presentation formats
We welcome submissions for YorCCA 2025 from currently-enrolled PhD researchers for in-person presentations or online posters. The research must use conversation analysis as a pri...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) is organised by postgraduates in
👉 @uoylangling.bsky.social
👉 @uoy-sociology.bsky.social
and affiliated with
👉 @uoycaslc.bsky.social
A conference by postgrads, for postgrads 🧠💬
👉 @uoylangling.bsky.social
👉 @uoy-sociology.bsky.social
and affiliated with
👉 @uoycaslc.bsky.social
A conference by postgrads, for postgrads 🧠💬
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Today we were joined by Dr Silvia Terribile, who talked about her research on machine translation and PE effort. Looking forward to hearing more about how an algorithm could potentially optimise the most tedious tasks of the PE process. #MachineTranslation #PostEditing
@uoylangling.bsky.social
@uoylangling.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today we were joined by Dr Silvia Terribile, who talked about her research on machine translation and PE effort. Looking forward to hearing more about how an algorithm could potentially optimise the most tedious tasks of the PE process. #MachineTranslation #PostEditing
@uoylangling.bsky.social
@uoylangling.bsky.social
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Our popular CPD course on the Phonetics of Talk-in-Interaction will run again on June 16-18 (online).
Join us to improve your auditory skills for transcription and analysis, learn about acoustics, and offer better visualisations as evidence in your work.
Registration:
www.york.ac.uk/business/cpd...
Join us to improve your auditory skills for transcription and analysis, learn about acoustics, and offer better visualisations as evidence in your work.
Registration:
www.york.ac.uk/business/cpd...
Phonetics of Talk-in-Interaction
Dates: Monday 16th June - Wednesday 18th June 2025
Online
Course Leader: Marina Cantarutti
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January 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our popular CPD course on the Phonetics of Talk-in-Interaction will run again on June 16-18 (online).
Join us to improve your auditory skills for transcription and analysis, learn about acoustics, and offer better visualisations as evidence in your work.
Registration:
www.york.ac.uk/business/cpd...
Join us to improve your auditory skills for transcription and analysis, learn about acoustics, and offer better visualisations as evidence in your work.
Registration:
www.york.ac.uk/business/cpd...
We are pleased to have been ranked 9th in the UK and 99th in the world for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings.
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
March 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We are pleased to have been ranked 9th in the UK and 99th in the world for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings.
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...
www.york.ac.uk/language/new...