Linguistics and English Language: Speaking of Variation in Language Webinar

Lancaster University's Department of Linguistics and English Language is organising a webinar series in May and June which may be of interest to you and your students. It is called Speaking of Variation in Language and its topics range from differences in language about gender to World Englishes and variation in sounds across dialects.

In what ways do sounds vary between languages and dialects? Are there different ways of being proficient in English, considering the spread of the language around the globe? How does the social media of the Edwardian era compare to ours? Does the language about women in videogames diverge from that about men? How “normal” is the grammar of English from the perspective of the thousands of languages in the world at large?

All these questions will be answered in Speaking of Variation in Language, a series of short online talks that the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University is organising.

For five weeks, we will be holding a session every Wednesday from 13:30 to 14:00 (British Summer Time).

The talks assume no prior knowledge and are aimed at students from Year 10 onwards, their teachers, our current applicants and others interested in variation in language. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions about the topic of the session or about studying linguistics or English language in general and next year.