Wednesday 18 November 2020, 14:00-14:45 GMT

• A war, a tsunami or a fire? Metaphors for Covid-19 and why they matter
• Professor Elena Semino

Wednesday 20 January 2021, 14:00-14:45 GMT

• Language at work
• Professor Veronika Koller

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 14:00-14:45 GMT

• Discourses of disorder: Representations of political protest in the press
• Professor Christopher Hart

Wednesday 12 May 2021, 14:00-14:45 GMT

• Language change: Getting to grips with analysing historical texts
• Professor Jonathan Culpeper

Wednesday 16 June 2021, 14:00-14:45 GMT

• How children from different cultures learn to talk about the mind
• Dr Silke Brandt