English Language Research Seminar Series 2015/16 Linguistic landscapes in Winchester and Southampton: What’s your heritage? Barbara Loester (University of Winchester) 4th November 2015, 5-6pm in Room FML014 of the Gateway Building

Attitudes towards French and Catalan in Northern Catalonia James Hawkey (University of Bristol) 4th December 2015, 4-5pm in Room LHBS007 of the Liverpool Hope Business School

Challenges to the linguistic construction of womanhood: Does a woman need a vagina? Nicola Puckey (University of Winchester) 13th January 2016, 5-6pm in Room FML014 of the Gateway Building

Attitudes, salience and language change: What twitter can teach us (about the Welsh accent) Mercedes Durham (University of Cardiff) 24th February 2016, 5-6pm in Room FML014 of the Gateway Building

Royal family networks: Exploring language variation and change in Tudor Court English correspondence Melanie Evans (University of Birmingham) 2nd March 2016, 5-6pm in Room FML014 of the Gateway Building

How do children learn syntax? Evidence from production, comprehension and explanatory models Caroline Rowland (University of Liverpool) 13th April 2016, 5-6pm in Room FML014 of the Gateway Building

Linguistic Pragmatics and Literary Revision Siobhan Chapman (University of Liverpool) 4th May 2016, 5-6pm in Room FML014 of the Gateway Building

All talks take place on Hope Park Campus, Taggart Avenue, Liverpool L16 9JD.

For more information please contact: Dr Ruth Kircher Lecturer in English Language Email: [email protected]