Upcoming meetings schedule 2011/2012
Date: Wednesday 23 May
Paul Seedhouse, Newcastle University
A Pervasive Language Learning Environment: The French Digital Kitchen
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: Wednesday 30 May
Tope Omoniyi, University of Roehampton
Indigenous Language Capital and Development
2pm in DSB 3.10/11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Please note the early start time for this talk
Meetings past 2011/2012
Date: Monday 3 October
Katie Carmichael
The role of regional accent and preconceived notions of place in speaker evaluations
12.00pm in David Hume Tower 9.01
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Please note the unusual day and time for this talk.
Date: 12 October
Lara Ryazanova-Clarke
Catching Shadows of Linguistic Memories: metalanguage of the Soviet past.
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 19 October
CANCELLED
NWAV40 practice talks
Agata Daleszyńska
Are in-betweens useful for variationist research? A perspective from Bequia
Lauren Hall-Lew
English and Asian Ethnicities in San Francisco
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
Date: 9 November
Helen West
Does the political border affect linguistic production?
Plosive lenition in two towns either side of the Merseyside border.
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 23 November
Natasha Memon
The ways in which IELTS is used in Pakistan and the role of private institutes
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 30 November
CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION
Lauren Hall-Lew
English and Asian Ethnicities in San Francisco
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
Date: 7 December
Claire Cowie
Modelling international service encounters: a maptask experiment with Indian and American speakers of English
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 14 December
LinC Potluck Dinner 6pm-8pm
hosted by Claire Cowie - details circulated on the mailing list
Date: 18 January
Lauren Hall-Lew
English and Asian ethnicities in San Francisco
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 1 February
Agata Daleszyńska
Are "in-betweens" useful to sociolinguistic research? A perspective from Bequia Creole
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 8 February
Alan Davies
Writing in a second language: loss or gain?
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 22 February
Claire Nance, University of Glasgow
DSB 3.10/11
Special Events for Innovative Learning Week continuing LEL's celebration of Scottish Gaelic
2-3pm Workshop: Ethnographic fieldwork in Gaelic-speaking communities
A short description of this workshop can be viewed (in pdf) here
3.30pm Phonetic variation in Glaswegian Gaelic
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 29 February
David Deterding, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Brunei English: An emergent variety under multiple influences
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 14 March
Péter Rácz, Uni Freiburg
'Feminine’ sibilants: the attestation of gay stereotypes in Hungarian
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 21 March
Guy Edwards, University of Edinburgh
The use of membership categorisation in subject/object distinctions: Evidence from conversational interactions
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: 28 March
Brona Murphy, University of Edinburgh
Exploring Discourse and Male Gender Identities in an Irish English Context
3.30pm in DSB 3.11
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here
Date: Wednesday 9 May
Du Yi, University of Edinburgh
Analysis of four Chinese EFL classrooms: the use of L1 and L2
3.30pm in DSB 1.17
The abstract for this talk can be viewed (in pdf) here