Southampton University Linguistics Society

01/03/2022

Love a bit of representation in the news and pop culture 🤝. I never imagined getting a degree in Linguistics could become so useful to a daily game … but I’m not complaining (100% success streak and from Linguistics grad Joseph Daniels too)! 📝

Here’s an article I’ve seen on Twitter with some tips from a fellow linguist 😉

Wordle tips

30/11/2021

Biology and chemistry step aside ….it appears linguistics is the science we really need at this point in the pandemic. I couldn’t resist sharing this article about the pronunciation of ‘Omicron’ .
As Steven Pinker tweeted: Oh-my-cron? Oh my! They've never heard of the Great Vowel Shift.
Hope this brings a bit of light to the news!

It is the linguistic equivalent of the Battle of Troy – but who is right?

26/02/2021

Where to next ? 💭🧐👨‍🎓

Despite the sad news of graduation being postponed, there are still plenty of things to look forward to. If you're graduating this year and are interested in continuing study in Linguistics or related disciplines, here is a good resource for Postgraduate Courses in the UK. Plenty of Linguistics (and similar) courses are still open for applications here with varying entry requirements, lengths, specialisations and locations. 😊👇

FindAMasters. Search Postgraduate Masters Degrees in Linguistics, Uk in United Kingdom.

26/02/2021

Back with another talk here from the University of Cambridge!

When: 04/03/21
Time: 16:30 - 18:00

This time focusing on contact languages in London: creoles, MLE, language shift and even a look at drill music. This is definitely useful to many modules offered on the English Lang + Linguistics Course.

Link and sign up 👇👇

University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Cambridge Linguistics Forum > Multiethnolects as contact languages: the case for the Jamaican influence in London

18/01/2021

Deadlines are super stressful, but if anyone does need any support or just someone to talk to don’t hesitate to reach out to this page ❤️💭

30/12/2020

Free talks on all things language here recorded from ‘The Language Show’s’ Virtual Event in November 🗣

Link below to register for free and watch on catch up 👇🏻👇🏻

As we put in place a Post-COVID recovery plan, how we educate our children, get back to work and reconnect with other countries and communities to support global recovery will require language skills and cultural agility more than ever before. In this session, brought to you by Bernardette Holmes MB...

24/11/2020

Spotted: some questionable reporting on sociophonetics and accent studies in the Daily Mail today!

Global e-learning platform Preply has revealed the languages most likely to seduce, based on the heart rates of participants who heard provocative chat up lines in different languages.

16/11/2020

Hey Linguists

Another talk here! This time from the University of Patras all the way over in Greece 🤩✈️ (where I'm sure a lot of us would rather be)! This talk focuses on the notion of 'good' and 'bad' languages, whether some languages are more complex than others, language borrowing and a focus on Greek.

Date: 25/11/20
Time: 19:00 (UK time)

Grab your FREE tickets in the link below and learn a little about Greek for when we can holiday again 😎

An online talk in English by Prof George J. Xydopoulos, Professor of Linguistics, Department of Philology, University of Patras

12/11/2020

An interesting piece in the Guardian regarding some comments made by FA chairman Greg Clarke and the sociolinguistic implications of such language.

The departing FA chairman and so many others have found it completely normal to use words that should only ever be deemed unacceptable and inappropriate

12/11/2020

FREE ONLINE TALK : LOCKDOWN LANGUAGE

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be all any of us are talking about at the moment ... but what does analysis of this language tell us? This free online talk from the University Of Lancaster explores the metaphors used to describe the pandemic and the language of disinformation.

Professor Veronika Koller, Professor Elena Semino and William Dance will focus on the linguistics of the pandemic.

Date: 12/11/20
Time: 18:30 - 20:00

Link below!

We are delighted to present to you a brand new theme for the 2020/2021 Public Lectures Series: ‘Talking about…’, and warmly invite you to join our researchers as they explore some of the most pressing issues facing the country.