We are pleased to announce the 15th annual Lancaster Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference which will take place on 23rd-24th July 2021 and will be online.
This conference is designed to give linguistics postgraduates from various areas in linguistics an opportunity to present and discuss their research in an informal and intellectually stimulating setting. The conference is organized by postgraduate students under the auspices of the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University.
Key Dates
Call for abstracts
- Abstracts must be received by: Friday, 26 March
- Notification of acceptance: Friday, 23 April
Keynote speakers
Professor Elena Semino and Professor Veronika Koller
A battle, a tsunami or a raging fire? Metaphors for Covid-19 and why they matter
The Language of Violent Jihad: a corpus analysis of online propaganda texts
Digitally mediated critical discourse studies in an age of pandemics and polarisation: challenges and more challenges
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