📢📢Out today! Annick Paternoster's paper 'The codification of nineteenth-century etiquette. On politeness, morality, rituals and discernment'. I compare UK-US English, French and Italian etiquette sources for the SI 'Politeness in and across historical Europe'

We’re delighted to announce that Professor Jonathan Culpeper of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni has been made a Fellow of The English Association English Association. The award ceremony took place today online - see below for a photo! Many congratulations Jonathan! 🎉

We are delighted to be ranked 3rd in the UK for Linguistics in the 2024 Complete University Guide! Complete University Guide Lancaster University thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/…

Technology has come a long way says @anne0keeffe at the start of her plenary. My office shelves contain some similar items including the original magnetic tape that Brown University sent to UCREL NLP Research Centre with the Brown corpus #CL2023

Finalising my presentation for #IPrA2023 on perceptions of the same apology event in American English and Japanese! More details on Thursday in the panel on First-order pragmatics by Klaus Schneider 🔥

"We all agree that Something Must Be Done about humanity’s impending collapse. But we’d really like Just Stop Oil to do it somewhere else, some other time, when it doesn’t interfere with our chosen escapism." Emma John brilliant on climate protest & sport. theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul…

Is this us?

Registration open for NERC & UKRI-funded PhD students for an in-person workshop on Bayesian Machine Learning as a Tool for Climate Scientists in Cambridge. Deadline Dec 15th. More information at iccs.cam.ac.uk

So you have a PhD and now you work in a research job. (You do research as a primary activity.) What's your job title (and field and employer)? What's your academic discipline? Go! 👇🏻

New fee structure; top 10 department (globally); study online, part-time from anywhere in the world; award winning alumni; a practical, reflective, and critical approach ... lots of good reasons to enrol in a postgraduate programme in language testing Lancaster University Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni

Snowy Morning, by Settai Komura (1924)

This is now out in the actual world! Also, if you buy it today (only) you get it for half price in Edinburgh University Press ’s St Andrews Day sale

Hate Speech in Online Media Special issue of Internet Pragmatics 6:2 (2023) jbe-platform.com/content/journa…

In this blog post, we explore 6️⃣ practical tips for using generative AI tools in your classroom. Discover how AI can empower you to create a more dynamic learning experience for your students! 🚀 camengli.sh/49FchBh #ELT #AIineducation #generativeAI #teachingtips

Want to write more effective prompts for genAI tools? 🤖 This blog will give you everything you need to get the results you want from your AI assistant: camengli.sh/4cdK5rm Click the link to boost your English lessons with the power of genAI! #GenerativeAI #ELT #TEFL

Feeling overwhelmed by generative AI and its potential in the classroom? We've got you covered. Our free idea pack is full of bite-sized, research-based activities to make incorporating GenAI into your lessons a breeze! Read more: camengli.sh/3K2lo4g #generativeAI #ELThelp

How might teachers identify trustworthy and reliable GenAI tools? We’ve developed a 5 Ps checklist to guide you through the process and help you find tools that work for you! 💡 Purpose 📝Policy 🛠️ Product 🙋🏻‍♀️People 🖐🏽Presence Read the full article here: camengli.sh/4bGcULn

Did you know AI can actually help your students become more independent learners? Check out our latest blog post for practical tips on using AI tools to enhance learning autonomy! bit.ly/3YJiv09

We are delighted to have been ranked 3rd in the world for Linguistics by the QS World Subject Rankings 2025! 🔗 topuniversities.com/university-sub… 🔗 lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster…