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We've just advertised a 12-month research fellowship at Northumbria (a corpus-based diachronic project on words for 'yes' and 'no' in European languages) Please share with anybody you know who might be interested work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_... #linguistics #research #postdoc

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I had a great time at English Grammar Day today ⁦https://northumbriaenglish.org/2025/07/07/english-grammar-day-2025/⁩ A great bunch of people and lots of good conversations about language, spelling, variation and change, attitudes, health communication, and grammar in schools

I'm looking forward to our Institute of Humanities research seminar research tomorrow! @joannagavins.bsky.social on the discourse of plastic packaging northumbriaenglish.org/2025/06/03/t...

The Discourse of Plastic Packaging

The next speaker in our Institute of Humanities research seminar series is Professor Joanna Gavins from the University of Sheffield. The talk’s title is Every little ‘help’: understandin…

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Just two tickets left for our (me and Tony Williams) pint of science event on the 21st of May! (I'm not mentioning the outof) pintofscience.co.uk/event/scienc...

Science and Storytelling

Telling stories, communicating, getting your message out, making your voice heard...is it an art or a science? Could it be both? This evening we will be jo…

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I'm looking forward to talking at @pintofscience inNewcastle again, this time with my @NorthumbriaUni colleague Tony Williams — only 8 tickets left! (it's a small room B--) pintofscience.co.uk/event/scienc...

Science and Storytelling

Telling stories, communicating, getting your message out, making your voice heard...is it an art or a science? Could it be both? This evening we will be jo…

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I'm looking forward to our research seminar tomorrow! northumbriaenglish.org/2025/02/18/p...

Polysemy, Pragmatics and Word Meaning

The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Professor Robyn Carston from University College London The talk’s title is Polysemy, Pragmatics and Word Me…

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Is language part of our cultural heritage? Join Professor Natalie Braber in our linguistics research seminar series on Wednesday 27 November to explore this and related questions northumbriaenglish.org/2024/11/25/l...

Language and Intangible Cultural Heritage

The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Professor Natalie Braber from Nottingham Trent University The talk’s title is ‘Is our language part o…

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I'm looking forward to our Northumbria open day today — lots of blackbirds were chirping with excitement as I got up B--) I will be bringing back copies of @babelzine.bsky.social with me

What did Shakespeare sound like? I'm very much looking forward to the @Babelzine lecture tomorrow here at @NorthumbriaUni #Shakespeare #English #language #literature #drama www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Babel Lecture 2024

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clearing has begun — I am at hame and on one end of the 'hotline'

I'm looking forward to the Northumbria and Newcastle postgraduate linguistics conference tomorrow — what a great job our students have done putting this together! northumbriaenglish.org/exploring-li... #linguistics #graduate #research

Come and see @lesley_jeffries talk on Poems, Prose and Politics in person or online at Northumbria tomorrow (28 February, 2pm UK time) northumbriaenglish.org/2024/02/27/p... #linguistics #literature ´poetry #prose #fiction

utterance of the week: ‘the roman empire IS my Roman Empire ’

postgraduate linguists! deadline extended for the newcastle and northumbria postgraduate conference — new deadline 29th February northumbriaenglish.org/exploring-li...

Naturally, I will be compiling a summary of the really useful tips and thoughts folk have shared with me as I've been asking for advice on teaching syntax this semester — it looks like this might become book-length B--)

A definite holiday highlight for me was reading Cole the Magnificent by Tony Williams — clever, playful, and lots to think about for anybody interested in storytelling, poetry, song, dis/narration, and life B--) www.saltpublishing.com/products/col...

Cole the Magnificent

Synopsis The orphan Cole wanders the world, seeking the fabled Underground City which he has promised his love Sigrid he will find. Somewhere else entirely, Niven sits in a palace garden taking lesson...

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