Today’s talk is from Dr Abi Hawtin discussing the colloquialisation of academic written English in the BNC2014! 📚 pscp.tv/w/buJqRzFlV0V5…

Huge thanks to Dr Abi Hawtin for giving today's UCREL talk looking at colloquialisation in the upcoming Written BNC2014. Some really interesting findings!

The slides from Dr Abi Hawtin's talk investigating colloquialisation in the Written BNC2014 are now on our website: ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/crs/presentati… 📚

So thrilled to say that I passed my PhD viva with minor corrections this morning! A huge thank you to Dawn Knight and Jonathan Culpeper for being such kind and enthusiastic examiners!

Several subjects Lancaster University have been ranked among the best in the world according @worldunirankings with Linguistics Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni ranked 12th lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster…

There really is never a dull moment... @EvaunitIkari and Dr Alexandra K presenting our energing research with Dr Abi Hawtin and Mark McGlashan #mantrap

Linguistics at Lancaster is ranked 4th in the UK in the 2020 Complete University Guide: thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/… And Lancaster University is not doing badly in 7th place. Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni

I'm auctioning this 0/100 1st edition A3 print for charity, 100% goes to UK Youth ebay.co.uk/itm/1534740184… I'll also randomly pick someone that RTs this and send them a very nice A3 print for free next Friday. Thanks all!❤️🇬🇧💀

Earlier this year, emagazine readers submitted their e-language to us for corpus analysis. The latest issue has some pretty fun findings from Dr Abi Hawtin, Vaclav Brezina and me: we found plenty of talk about fake news, pub quizzes, and escape rooms. 💻📚

Had a great time today with Warwick Soc Sci at an Industry and Parliament Trust training event at the Houses of Parliament! Learnt a lot!

🍽️ SMALL PLATES #COMPETITION 🍽️ To celebrate the launch of our new delicious small plates menu, we are giving you the chance to win lunch for four at #AshasSolihull. To enter, simply retweet. #Winners will be announced on Wednesday 10th July. Good luck 🤞

New article published online (open access!) in Register Studies: "Functional variation in the Spoken BNC2014 and the potential for register analysis", with Vaclav Brezina, @TonyMcEnery, Dr Abi Hawtin, Andrew Hardie & Dr Claire Dembry. jbe-platform.com/content/journa…

ICYMI: We’ve got loads of fascinating events taking place in Coventry and Leamington between 2-9 November as part of #ESRCFestival! University of Warwick @LeamingtonGuide Visit Coventry warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/impact…

People will try and downplay this and call this graffiti or vandalism but this is ART.

In light of recent events, myself and a friend have decided to write to as many schools as possible, as well as the government, demanding a change. Specifically with regards to the way Britain’s colonial past is taught—or rather not taught—in schools. But first I need your help:

If you're in the UK, email your local MP asking them to support further investigation into Belly Mijunga’s death. docs.google.com/document/d/104…

I can’t stop thinking about Darnella Frazier who is 17 years old and filmed George Floyd being murdered and the unbelievable bravery and trauma that goes along with that. Let’s keep donating money her way: gf.me/u/x5r8xn