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SPRINT Intern: Emmie Leyland

Who are you?I’m Emmie, an undergraduate English Language and Linguistics student at Lancaster University, and I have been working with the Questioning Vaccination Discourse (Quo VaDis) team through July and August as a SPRINT intern.What is SPRINT?SPRINT (Summer Project Research INTernship) is a four-week internship run by the Department of English Language and Linguistics, available to their second-… Continue reading SPRINT Intern: Emmie Leyland

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From roast dinners to seatbelts: Metaphors to address Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy – by Elena Semino

Professor Sarah Gilbert, who led the team that developed the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine against Covid-19, has recently made this comment about different attitudes towards vaccines: I don’t understand anti-vaxxers. Why should anyone be ideologically opposed to a safe and cost-effective public health measure that saves millions of lives and stops people from having to live… Continue reading From roast dinners to seatbelts: Metaphors to address Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy – by Elena Semino

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SPRINT Intern: Chris Sanderson

Who are you?  Hello! I’m an undergraduate linguistics student going into my third year and I’ve been working as a SPRINT intern on the Quo VaDis team throughout July.   What is SPRINT?  SPRINT (Summer Project Research INTernship) is a four week internship available to students majoring in Linguistics and/or English Language at Lancaster University. It has been an incredible opportunity to learn more… Continue reading SPRINT Intern: Chris Sanderson