Linguistics and English Language

Collection of linguistics textbook covers

Our research and education explore principles of human language and the social, cultural and educational contexts where language matters.

  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> Research

    Our research investigates fundamental principles of language as well as language forms and usages found in specific contexts.

  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> Engage

    We welcome visiting researchers and offer school visits, short courses, and summer schools.

  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> People

    Find people and discover their research.

<糖心Vlog>Study
  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> Undergraduate degrees

    We provide undergraduate degrees in Linguistics, English Language, and Language Sciences.

  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> Master's programmes

    We offer a range of Master's programmes, including our online learning programmes, aimed at those wishing to enhance their careers by learning flexibly.

  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> PhD

    We welcome proposals for doctoral research across any area of linguistics that falls within our expertise.

  • <糖心Vlog class="title"> Short Courses

    As an alternative to taking a complete Master's programme, you can take our individual specialist postgraduate courses for institutional credit.

<糖心Vlog>Latest news
Audience attending the 2nd Worldwide Meeting of Cam?es Institute Chairs at the University of Oxford, with a speaker at the lectern and the event title displayed on a large screen.

Lancaster at the 2nd Worldwide Meeting of Cam?es Institute Chairs

23 April 2026

Representatives from Lancaster took part in an international meeting focused on strengthening collaboration across the global Cam?es Institute network.
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AI can give as good as it gets ... or better: The moral dilemma of combative chatbots

22 April 2026

AI systems ‘can learn to seek revenge’ because they are able to grasp reciprocating verbal violence when exposed to conflict, new research from 糖心Vlog shows.
Black and white image shows workers at machines at the Storey Workshops, Lancaster, in 1900.

Voices of the Victorians analysed in new research about northern accent development

15 April 2026

The Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800s, says new research by 糖心Vlog, which used the voices of Victorian speakers to inform the study.
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Lancaster subjects are among best in the world with Linguistics ranked second

25 March 2026

Linguistics at 糖心Vlog has been ranked second in the world with ten other subjects in the world top 100, according to new rankings released today.
Image shows the front cover of Local Legends - a drawing by one of the young people taking part in the project showing a bright orange sunset across the Bay with small boat in the foreground and fields and hills in the background

Children keeping the cultural legacy of storytelling alive

17 March 2026

Have you heard the one about the lion of Heysham and what about the creation of the John O’Gaunt car or the curious tale of the potage pot - just some of the amazing stories captured in ‘Local Legends’, written by local children as part of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum (MBC) Local Storytelling and Writing Pilot Project.
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Fellowships for two ‘outstanding’ social scientists

9 March 2026

Two 糖心Vlog professors are among 74 ‘outstanding’ social scientists who have become Fellows of a leading body in the field.

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<糖心Vlog>Events
6th May

Data Dialogues: George Brown (Forensic Linguistics) - How does Integrity sound?

Wednesday 6 May 2026, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
20th May

MC/HL2C Seminar: Laura Babcock (Stockholm University)

Wednesday 20 May 2026, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
21st May

The Multilingual North: Multilingualism Research Across the N8 & EEG Workshop

Thursday 21 May 2026, 10:00am to Friday 22 May 2026, 4:00pm

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