Events
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CLER Conversation: The challenge of the primary-secondary school transition: The language of mathematics and science
CLER conversation with Prof Alice Deignan and Dr Duygu Candarli “The transition from primary school to secondary school is known to be problematic for some students for a number of reasons: social, academic, and linguistic.” We researched the third of these issues, the linguistic challenge, using data gathered in the north of England. We worked…
Translation Studies meets Social Semiotics. Recontextualization of images and changing multimodal depictions of agency, gender and diversity in translated picture books and media for children
Dr. Sara van Meerbergen, Stockholm University, Sweden Translation Studies meets Social Semiotics. Recontextualization of images and changing multimodal depictions of agency, gender and diversity in translated picture books and media for children. To attend the talk, please register here MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series is a joint initiative for researchers across the world who are interested in multimodality….
Museums and Communication in the 21st Century
Prof. Louise Ravelli, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Museums and Communication in the 21st Century To attend the talk, please register here MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series is a joint initiative for researchers across the world who are interested in multimodality. It aims to provide a platform for dialogue for advancing multimodal research…
Distinguished Speaker 2023: Prof Alison Phipps
Languaged in Place: People; Pēpēhā and the resources of Peace Professor Alison Phipps As a second decolonial turn is taken in the wake of #BlackLivesMatters, the reappraisal of the histories of the British Empire languages and their propagations are called to account. In this lecture I will consider the myriad ways in which the challenges…
Tradition, modernity, and Chinese masculinity: The multimodal construction of ideal manhood in a reality dating show
Dr. William Feng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HongKong Tradition, modernity, and Chinese masculinity: The multimodal construction of ideal manhood in a reality dating show To attend the talk, please register here MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series is a joint initiative for researchers across the world who are interested in multimodality. It aims to provide a platform for…
Rethinking play and ‘play deficits’ in autism through multimodal analysis of playground video data.
Dr Lauran Doak, Nottingham Trent University, UK Rethinking play and ‘play deficits’ in autism through multimodal analysis of playground video data. To attend the talk, please register here MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series is a joint initiative for researchers across the world who are interested in multimodality. It aims to provide a platform for dialogue for…
A multimodal approach to English for academic purposes in contexts of diversity
Prof. Arlene Archer, University of Cape Town, South Africa A multimodal approach to English for academic purposes in contexts of diversity To attend the talk, please register here MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series is a joint initiative for researchers across the world who are interested in multimodality. It aims to provide a platform for dialogue for advancing multimodal research…
Symposium – Language education in the (post-)digital era – lessons learnt from the pandemic
What did we learn during the enforced move to online teaching and learning during the pandemic? What skills did we develop? What worked well and what didn’t work so well? What might the future of digital/hybrid language education look like? This one-day symposium will bring together staff working in HE language departments to reflect on…
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Statistical Physics and the Spatial Evolution of Language
‘Statistical Physics and the Spatial Evolution of Language’ Dr James Burridge, University of Portsmouth In statistical physics we build mathematical models of physical systems which contain very large numbers of interacting components. Because language change is the result of interactions between many similar agents, we can describe it using models in the same style. In…
Studying data visualization as a social and semiotic practice
Speaker: Prof Martin Engebretsen, University of Agder, Norway To attend the talk, please register here
Transforming with Poetry live recital
We will have welcome poets from all over the planet, some connected remotely. There will be poetic translations into English and videos. The recital can also be followed online through Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/transformingwithpoetry/ Participating poets In alphabetic order: Ifa Abebe Amparo Arróspide Mike Baynham (host) Ceger Hillo Rebin Kheder Liliana Lukin Antonio Martínez Arboleda (host) Ariel Miller…
Yuni Kim: Creating resources in and for San Francisco del Mar Huave, a near-dormant language
Creating resources in and for San Francisco del Mar Huave, a near-dormant language Dr Yuni Kim (University of Essex) The Huaves are a marginalised ethnic group occupying four villages – each with its own variety of the Indigenous language, which is an isolate – on the Pacific coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State,…
Organizational semiotics: practices and products
Speaker: Professor Theo van Leeuwen, University of Southern Denmark and University of Technology, Sydney To attend the talk please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multimodality-talks-theo-van-leeuwen-and-nikolina-zonji-tickets-424120554997 Abstract: The paper will introduce the emerging area of organizational semiotics, sketching its origins in collaborations between social semioticians and scholars from the field of organization and management studies, and outlining its agenda. The…
Fourth International Symposium on Chinese Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISOCTAL-4)
The six invited keynote speakers are: Professor Zhao Yang, Professor He Lin, Professor Yuan Boping, Professor Zhang Xinsheng (George), Professor Wang Jun, and Mr Su Liqun (David) to the Symposium. Use the following links to register, to download the programme, and to access the conference website for further information.
Centre for Translation Studies’ Annual Lecture
“Communicating myriad emotions across cultures: a perspective from translator studies” Dr Severine Hubscher-Davidson, Open University In 2004, Hu proposed the term “translator studies” to refer to all research that places translators at the centre of focus, including work on the translator’s subjective involvement. This presentation will address translator’s subjective involvement through the lens of emotions….
Distinguished Speaker 2022: Professor Tony McEnery
Language Matters Professor Tony McEnery, Distinguished Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University The presentation will be followed by a round-table with local experts from different disciplines, including Mustapha Sheikh (Islamic studies), Mel Evans (English), John Gallagher (History) and Yen Dang (Education). If you cannot attend in person, please register via eventbrite to…
Changing language attitudes: linguistics in the languages classroom
Changing language attitudes: linguistics in the languages classroom Michelle Sheehan (Newcastle University) & Sascha Stolhans (University of Leeds) (presenting joint work with Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, Peter Gillman, Jonathan Kasstan & Norma Schifano) In this talk, we present the preliminary results of a co-creation project funded by Language Acts and World Making. In phase…
Corpus linguistics: past, present and potential
The Corpus Linguistics satellite of Language@Leeds, in collaboration with BAAL Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group, invites you to a free day of talks celebrating, exploring and interrogating the Past, Present and Potential of corpus linguistics from interdisciplinary perspectives. Keynote speakers: Isobelle Clarke (Lancaster University) and David Wright (Nottingham Trent University).