Prof. Corrigan’s lecture, titled “‘Smoothed’ and ‘Polished’ Syllables: ‘Verbal Hygiene’ in the Age of Swift and Sheridan” will take place on Monday, 31st August. We’re looking forward to hearing more about her research in linguistic prestige on the 2026 ESSE Conference in Santiago! 📷: BBC

Karen P. Corrigan is Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Newcastle University (UK) and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Her research focuses on corpus linguistics, Irish English, language contact, migration, identity, and sociolinguistic variation. Photo credits: BBC

In the upcoming weeks we’ll be sharing information about our three plenary lecture speakers, starting with Prof. Karen P. Corrigan.

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