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The Centre for Endangered Languages, Cultures and Ecosystems and the Remaking Places Network are excited to announce two invited talks by Professor David Stringer of Indiana University on 4-5 November 2025. Professor Stringer's research focuses on the nexus of language and biodiversity in the context of the current global mass extinction of languages and species,...
The Student Success Forums run every other month and provide an opportunity for staff and students to discuss, reflect and work collectively to maximise the impact of student success initiatives here at Leeds and across the sector. This forum's topic is 'Linguistic Diversity and Inequalities in Higher Education' and will include presentations from Gisela Tomé Lourido,...
Speaker: Professor Ian Maddieson (University of New Mexico). Title: What accounts for the geographical distribution of tone languages? (with a discursus on the frequency of tones) Abstract: “Languages without tone occur widely distributed throughout the world with the notable exception of sub-Saharan Africa, whereas languages with tone are concentrated in regions relatively close to the equator where...