Date and time
The STELLAR CPD is usually held from 1000-1430 in September. We will advertise when the next one will be scheduled
Platform
The event is usually held on Teams, and a link to the session is sent out to registered attendees closer to the day. (Note that if you don’t have Teams, you can join from your browser.)
Schedule
These details are indicative only:
| TIME | DURATION | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER |
| 1000-1005 | 5 mins | Welcome | Prof Jonathan Culpeper Head of Department |
| 1005-1100 | 55 mins | FORENSIC LINGUISTICS: authorship analysis
What features can we identify in real-world, (criminal) data as part of each individual author’s unique style? How reliable are such features for drawing strong conclusions? |
Dr Claire Hardaker Senior Lecturer in Forensic Corpus Linguistics |
| 1100-1115 | 15 mins | Break | |
| 1115-1215 | 60 mins | CORPUS LINGUISTICS: the language of Shakespeare
What can quantitative methods tell us about the ways that Shakespeare used language in his various plays? |
Prof Jonathan Culpeper Professor of English Language and Linguistics |
| 1215-1300 | 45 mins | Lunch | |
| 1300-1400 | 60 mins | STYLISTICS: style in fiction
How do authors of fiction create characters and narratives through stylistic choices? What features can we look at in close, qualitative detail? |
Prof Elena Semino Professor of Linguistics and Verbal Art |
| 1400-1430 | 30 mins | Q&A, close, decompress, freedom! | |
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